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October 2012

Super Equine Supermodels

The Will to Survive

A Salute to the American Olympic Horses Special Equine Artist Issue

FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 1 Incorporating 62 HORSES USA PUBLISHER Samantha Charles [email protected]

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jan Westmark-Allan [email protected] 828-575-3965

STAFF WRITERs Contents Lauren Giannini, Abby Westmark

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Danika Rice, Johnny Robb, Fred McWane, What’s Happenin’ 16 West Side Story: My Tribute to Victor Sydney Masters-Durieux, Laura Danowski, 28 Ingate 46 Jill Pelzel Knows the Business Holly Hugo-Vidal 60 Riding for Love & A Cure PHOTOGRAPHERS 66 Off Centerline David Lominska, Jack Mancini , 68 Asides 62 U.S. Pony Finals Flashpoint, Alan Fabricant, Susan Stickle Lauren R. Giannini, Shawn McMillen 70 Juliet Reid: Washington Kim & Allen MacMillan Emily Allongo, Anne Hoover Equestrian Artists International Horse Show 81 Indiana: Traders Point Show SIDELINES COLUMNISTS 86 Louise Mellon Dr. Bev Gordon - Horse in Motion 122 A Look Back at the Olympic Games Lisa Hollister, Esq - Equine Law 88 Louise Mellon: Art That Makes You Smile Ann Reilly - Sports Psychology 90 Monica Stevenson 124 Vermont Summer Festival Sarah Ward - My Line 92 Sally Phillips Buffington: European Connection Maria Wynne Portraits and Passion Features 6 Foxhunting: Glorious Days in the Field 94 Olva Stewart-Pharo INTERNS 8 Combined Driving: Chester Weber April Leonard, Lydia Marsh, Rebekah 96 Heather Jansch: Driftwood Savage, Courtney Zimmerman Wins Silver Sculptor Extraordinaire ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER 12 Touched By A Horse Melissa Burns 98 C. Tanner Jensen 20 Second Chances: Magical Rescue [email protected] 99 French Artist Wins Art Contest 561-951-4225 22 Sidekick: Pacifico and His 100 Tribute to Artist Lynn Carlisle NATIONAL SALES Supermodel Good Looks Joyce Jones 101 Janene DiRico-Cable [email protected] 24 Suki: The Will to Survive 954-796-1809 102 Duke Beardsley 34 NetPosse Works! 104 Equine Divine LOCAL SALES – Mountain States 38 Celebrating Super Equine Supermodels Kayce Douglass 106 Lindsay Zeltzer: Young, Talented [email protected] 44 eyeD – Horse ID Goes High Tech 720-277-5554 and Going Places 52 My Story: A Real Life Misty of LOCAL SALES – The Carolinas 107 Lindsay Zeltzer Chincoteague Pony Tale Jyoti Parry 108 Morgen Kilbourn [email protected] 118 iJump: From Summer Camp to Pony Finals 561-635-0253 110 Sandra Forbush 120 Cavalia: An Amazing Day at the CLASSIFIEDS 112 Tom Hill: From Horseshoes to Olympic Sis Hotujec Equestrian Big Top [email protected] 113 Sandy Graves 561-798-4828

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How do we measure success in the equestrian world? For some it might be rescuing a horse and giving it the safety and love of a forever home, while for others it could be mastering flying lead changes, teaching a horse to load in a trailer or tackling the show ring. For many riders, however, the ultimate success is the Olympics. When we interview junior riders for Sidelines and ask them what their goals are, most of them say their dream is to compete in the Olympics. This year we sent our Olympic equestrians to London with high hopes and although the United States riders rode valiantly and turned in some brilliant rides, we came home without any medals. While the results may be less than what we hoped for, our riders “fought the good fight” and made us very proud. To honor our Olympians and their horses, artist Louise Mellon has captured the essence of the Olympic horses in her great red, white and blue painting featured on the cover of this issue. It takes a special horse to make it to the top of any equestrian discipline. Medals or no medals, our Olympic horses and riders did achieve the ultimate success. Congratulations to all of them! Olympic horses aren’t the only special equines out there. We had over 400 entries featuring beloved horses and ponies in the Sidelines Magazine Supermodel Contest. All amazing photos from people who truly love their special equines. In the end, maybe that’s what success in the horse world is all about – that love we have for these wonderful four-legged creatures and our own dedication and commitment to train them, care for them and love them. We don’t need medals around our necks, just that wonderful bond with our horses that equals no other. I know you will love our Supermodel photos – they truly are a work of art! Which leads us to the fact that this issue is our Art story inspires me, makes me cry or urges me to head to the barn Issue. It’s easy to be inspired by the work of our featured artists, and hug a horse or kiss a pony. And this issue does just that. including two popular artists from the UK – Tom Hill and Heather Here’s hoping we all find success! Jansch. Our newest Sidelines writer, Maria Wynne, pens the two Jan Westmark-Allan stories – which worked out great for her because she lives in the Editor UK, or as we like to say – Across the Pond! Send me an email at Enjoy this issue, which is once again chalked full of stories, art [email protected] and great photos. I consider it a “successful” issue if at least one Follow us on Facebook too!

Speaking of Success…. It’s time to spotlight our Abby Westmark Sidelines Staff Writers Lauren R. Giannini and Abby Westmark. They successfully turn in one great story after the next each Abby has written for issue and add so much to our Sidelines team! Sidelines for many years – even though she is Lauren R. Giannini only 19. She started as Lauren is an award-winning writer specializing in stories and the Juniorside writer photos about the equestrian world. She began writing regularly and covered life in the for Sidelines in April 2005 with the Focus On Virginia issue. After junior ring, including covering Rolex Three- her win in the FEI Day Event in 2006 and Children’s International producing six pages Jumping Competition in of photographs, she Wellington. For several became Sidelines’ years she also drew first staff writer. Crazy the “Windy and Drexel” about horses her entire cartoon that appeared life, she lives in the in Sidelines. Abby (the horse and hunt country daughter of Editor Jan of Virginia. Lauren’s Westmark-Allan) recently motto is “write, ride - moved to Boston, not necessarily in that Massachusetts where she is realizing her dream of becoming a order!” chef by earning a culinary degree from Le Cordon Bleu.

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Foxhunting

Photographer Liz Callar has shown, foxhunted and loves – taking great photos. All of the hunts in this sold horses for most of her life. She has also been photo collection are in Virginia and were taken with behind a camera for many years, doing what she natural light. All photos by lizcallar.com. Glorious Days in the Field

Huntsman Kevin Huntsman Michael Brown Palmer -- Fairfax Hunt -- Rappahannock Hunt

Huntsman Reg Huntsman Tommy Lee Spreadborough -- Jones -- Casanova Hunt Orange County Hounds

Huntsman Barry Huntsman Magner -- Middleburg Martyn Blackmore -- Hunt Loudoun West Hunt

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DrivingChester World Championships Weber Wins Silver! U.S. Four-in-Hand Team Drives Away with Bronze American Four-in-Hand Combined Driver Chester Weber, from Champion, became the first American to ever win an individual Ocala, Florida, shone brightly on the world stage in August, driving medal at the World Championships in 2008, when he also took away with the Individual Silver medal at the 2012 FEI Four-in-Hand home the silver medal. “It was great to be back on the medal Driving World Championships in Reisenbeck, Germany. The U.S. podium,” Chester said. “The horses were fantastic the entire Four-in-Hand team, comprised of Chester, Jimmy Fairclough and weekend. They had their best show of the year.” Joe Yoder, also drove to victory, taking home the Team Bronze. Chester, who is the nine-time USEF National Four-in-Hand Photos: All photos by My Weber

Team Weber takes their victory lap

Chester Weber celebrates his Individual Silver

US Bronze Team member Joe Yoder in his dressage test

US Bronze Team member Jimmy Fairclough negotiates the cones phase Chester and his team tackle the marathon phase 8 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 9 10 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 11 Touched By A Horse By Lauren R. Giannini

s horse lovers, we all have stories about how an Aequine helped us through tough personal or professional experiences in the bumpy track called life. We enjoy basking in the now that is part and parcel of the equine nature. In terms of therapeutic benefits, we know that time in the saddle is the cure: a good trail ride, lesson, competition, whatever form it takes. There is great truth in the saying that the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a person. Melisa Pearce founded Touched By A Horse® as a result of her therapeutic Gestalt work, spanning more than 20 years of practice and coaching individuals, groups and businesses. She utilized what she terms the “clairesentience” Melisa Pearce with QT and Shadow of equines to reach deep inside All photos by Kimberly Beer clients to assist in the release of unfinished business that can prevent us from living positively, Australia, Dubai, Italy, Mexico and South Africa. achieving goals and experiencing joy. “First of all, our students are working on themselves, to resolve The results often border on miraculous, thanks to the horses. their own confluence – you can’t help someone if you share the Even people with no equestrian background connect with Melisa’s same issue – and we’re seeing massive transformations in our gentle horses. Interactive experiences, integrated with Melisa’s students,” said Melisa. “EGC® has 19 graduates now and 16 methods, help people to become more grounded, centered, are already involved in full-bloom practices. Where it gets really confident and secure. These sessions often lead to life changing exciting is that this is the most comprehensive training program releases of old pains, fears and traumas. I know of this kind. EGC® method simply takes horse-facilitated Melisa has taken the concept of equine-facilitated therapy to therapy training several levels deeper. The horse is not a tool, a whole new level with Equine Gestalt Coaching®. “I started on not a game, not an interactive mirror. This training teaches that this path back in the 1980s as a pioneer in doing equine healing, horses are clairesentients and our partners.” when the concept was edgy and very new,” said Melisa. “I’ve had There’s that word again. Clairesentience is a vital element at horses all my life. I have been a therapist and trainer and it all the heart of EGC®. comes together in a perfect recipe for this new program.” “Horses are not attracted to what we think about. They are Four years ago Melisa turned her energies to developing EGC® attracted to what we feel,” explained Melisa. “If you think something into a 600 hour certification course that takes about two years to about a horse, you’ll probably get hurt. If you feel something, you’ll complete. The five central components are: Somatics (horse and be healed.” human body energy and chakras); Gestalt Theory and Coaching Horses are so sensitive that they can feel a fly before it lands Model (dynamics of Human Behavior as therapy and coaching); and shiver that area to send it away. Think about it: how many Facilitation (individual and group, processing of experiences); times have we needed a strong shoulder – to lean on or to have Business Development (finding clients, building your business, a good cry. Often horses, even the flightier types, will stand like creating your business presence); and Equine Knowledge (basic statues while we sob and soak up their strength, odor and energy. understanding of horse behavior and management, selection, You know the magic of that moment when a horse or pony curls proper facility). its head and neck around you in a full body embrace. “Probably most important is the equine component,” stated Melisa has witnessed some amazing interactions between Melisa. “It means taking what you know about horses to a new clients and students and her horses. The testimonials on her level of partnership and applying it. People need to have one or website reveal the unique nature of Equine Gestalt Coaching® two of the five components to qualify for the certification program.” and the stories that Melisa recounts are riveting and revelatory The curriculum is taught in teleseminars and, in addition, there about AHA moments. are eight mandatory intensive four day weekends led by Melisa. “I had one woman walk into the indoor and stand in the center, The EGC® program currently has 73 students from the US and Romeo was at liberty,” recalled Melisa. “It was a demonstration of Canada. In 2013 the international program will launch all over the thinking about mathematics and grounding her body. When she world, with interest already expressed by people in New Zealand, moved into her body’s pure somatics, Romeo took an interest 12 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE Melisa Pearce, left, working with two EGC® students, Jennifer Malocha and Emma Sanborn, and their clairesentient partner, Romeo

and started walking around her. I suggested that she focus on whatever pushes the buttons of her pain, wherever it resides and that she bring it to her consciousness. I’m used to the horse going directly to the person at this point. Romeo, a beautiful horse, came within 10 feet of the woman and paced back and forth about four times, looking at her, and then he walked away.” Romeo’s interaction was different than his usual contact of stopping by the client; instead, he was pacing. The woman said that the horse connected so fully with her that she had chills all over her body. It turned out her son, 30, was schizophrenic and lived on the streets of New York City. She made regular trips to NYC, spending days walking around, hoping for a glimpse of him. “This woman said that when her son sees her, he paces back and forth looking her in the eye, not saying anything – just the way Romeo did,” said Melisa. “She said that’s how she knows her son is alive. Romeo brought her son’s behavior to the arena to help her understand and heal her pain.” The healing of grief and guilt, broken hearts, bad experiences, childhood disappointments and adult agonies through the clairsentience of horses marks a new age in therapy. Imagine having core issues healed by the gentle presence of a horse. Imagine being free of fear – of failure, of success, of feeling unworthy. No drugs, no invasive procedures. Healing in its purest and most innocent manifestation – being Touched By A Horse.

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Side Item

By Rebekah Savage

Leighona Bernstein, a Colorado native, will be a sophomore at Okla- homa State University this fall. An accomplished hunter and equitation rider with a successful junior career under her belt, Leighona rode on the college’s equestrian team last year. RockyAfter a summer spent catch riding, Mountain Rider Leighona will head back to Oklahoma State where she’ll ride on the team again and study International Agri- cultural Economics with a Spanish minor. Sidelines caught up with the Colorado rider to learn more about life in the Centennial State.

What is it like to ride for the Oklahoma State equestrian team? It’s different from what I am used to on the circuit. We’re grouped to- gether with the western riders, which is very different. It’s fun and cool to be on the team, though.

Where in Colorado are you Leighona and her from? junior hunter Bellagio I’m from Golden, Colorado, which is at the base of the Rocky Photo by Franklin Gibbs Mountains. I lived in Parker for a few years and Greenwood Vil- lage for 10 years, but spent my high school years in Golden.

How did your riding career begin? My mom signed me up when I was four years old and I haven’t gotten off a horse since then! The first place I rode at was the Leighona Arapaho Riding Club. My first real trainer was Debbie Burkman. I Photo by Doug started riding with her during the second year of my riding career. Wells Photography I rode with her for eight years. Then I rode with Tracye Ferguson. when we were younger. Which horse has been your favorite to ride? My junior hunter, Tigger. We had him for three years. He was When you aren’t riding, what do you do in your spare my baby and I miss him a lot. time? I live at the base of the Rocky Mountains and I love kayaking. I What is your biggest riding accomplishment? workout a lot and listen to music. Winning second place at the Zone 8 Maclay Championships. I rode Mr. Knightley, also known as Tobey around the barn. What is your favorite type of music to listen to? My iPod is crazy, I basically listen to everything! How do you balance school and riding? I have always communicated with my teachers. I do homework What other fun things can you do in Colorado? on my way to shows. My mom and I go out to eat a lot. Lower downtown is a favorite place to go. It’s a good drive to downtown. Strings, a restaurant What is your favorite show to compete in? downtown, is one of my favorites. You can make your own des- The Colorado Summer Circuit. The competition is local and sert. I’ve been going there since I was young. I also have a weak- low key. The show is easy access for competitors, well run and ness for designer jeans! I love to shop at Nordstrom’s. I’m also a gives a small zone an opportunity to compete with big names. My Colorado sporting team fan. My Dad and I attend Rockies games. friends are at the show and we used to run around the grounds They’re a lot of fun! 14 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 15 e

West Side Story Editor’s Note: Holly Hugo-Vidal married Victor Hugo-Vidal in 1971 and George Morris (the Chef d’Equipe for the 2012 Olympic Show Jumping Team) gave her away at her wedding. Holly still laughs when she thinks about the events that transpired: George Mystood in the Tribute wrong place during the To ceremony, Victor which we didn’t rehearse, and almost caused the minister to marry us instead of Victor and me!! We had to start the entire ceremony over after he asked George who he was. “I’m George Morris,” he explained indignantly! George is fond of saying, “Holly and I almost got married!” Holly did marry Victor -- and she shares what it was like living with the great horseman in this tribute to her late husband.

Victor Hugo-Vidal was a legend in the horse world. Ask anyone over the age of 30. Anyone under that age surely has read about Victor Hugo-Vidal, his numerous accomplishments. Victor grew up in Connecticut a popular and and was one of the country’s most promising junior riders in the influential judge 50s, winning the AHSA Medal finals and finishing reserve in the ASPCA Maclay finals in 1951. He then went on to become a leading professional known for his intense drive for getting the best out of the rider and the horse. He trained hunters, jumpers and equitation riders to numerous championships and titles. In the mid ‘60s he became a popular and influential judge. He was licensed to judge hunters, jumpers, Victor and Holly – equitation, dressage as well as saddle seat. the early days I have the unique honor of having known the man behind the accomplishments and the iconic voice. He was a great horseman and teacher, that goes without saying, however Victor was unique quick enough with the clicker. Sometimes this trait was annoying in many ways. He was brilliant and well educated, graduating from to me. When I would be training all the kids at a show (while he the University of Connecticut. He was born in Connecticut and was away judging) and he would call me at the end of the day lived there for the majority of his life. He rode at The Ox Ridge to find out how everyone did, then ask me who won in rings we Hunt Club with his buddies, Ronnie Mutch and George Morris weren’t showing in. “Well Hol, who won the flat class in the short under the tutelage of the legendary Gordon Wright. He moved stirrup division?” I’d reply, “Victor, we didn’t have any short stirrup to California in the late 70s and joined forces with Mark Mullen riders, I wasn’t at that ring!” “Well, you were at the show…..” he’d in Huntington Beach. After Mark passed away, Victor remained say in that sardonic tone of his. It’s funny now. in California spending the majority of his time judging and giving Victor was a great teacher. He worked just as well with talented clinics. He was named AHSA Horseman of the Year in 1971 and riders as he did with average riders. He would work with anyone California Professional Horseman of the Year in 1991. committed to the sport no matter how deep their pockets were or Victor had an incredible memory! He remembered everything! how naturally gifted they were. He gave riders the tools with which As a judge, he could recall the details of every round. And this to succeed. More often than not exceeding their own expectations. was not just for that day of the show, but for weeks and months Victor was like a rock. Always there, with the right answer to any later. If he ran into a rider that had shown in front of him, he could problem. You could always count on him for the best advice! He rattle off a full description of their round, including their number! was fair and honest as a person as well as a horse show judge. One time we were judging a show together and at the conclusion Victor was a strong influence in my life and as many people do, of the show, three girls approached us (out of show clothes) and I often hear his voice and wonder what he would say or do in a asked him what he thought of their rounds. Without hesitation he certain situation. launched into great detail with the first two girls’ rounds saying, “Oh Victor died unexpectedly (10 years ago in California). His friend, yes, you were 278 on a bay mare that had a sticky lead change Kathy Hobstetter, organized the most incredible celebration of his from left to right….” He continued on and on much to the delight of life at The Oaks. There were wonderful life-size pictures of Victor both girls, then turned to me and said, “Hol, why don’t you tell the as a child through adulthood, as well as small framed pictures third girl what you thought?” Anyone reading this who knew Victor on the tables along with flowers and little cards with familiar can hear him saying this in his uniquely identifiable voice! “Victorisms” on them. Family members and friends spoke about He was famous as well for his voice! He announced the Victor, some cried while others told great stories that made us National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New York laugh. It was an amazing tribute to a truly amazing man! He left City for 26 years. His voice was elegant, loud, or should I say, a mark on many people’s lives and I am honored that I knew him it carried for a great distance and always commanded attention as I did. as well as respect. Everything he said seemed to be gospel! Victor always made it a point to congratulate riders and trainers Holly Hugo-Vidal is Sidelines’ California correspondent and writes the “West Side Story” column. Holly is based at Alicia Saxton’s Oceancrest Farms in Rancho for past wins. He even kept up with other disciplines. He would Santa Fe, California. Holly specializes in hunters and equitation as well as adults. read The Chronicle and remember all the results from the shows. She is an “R” USEF judge, clinician and an author. Her most recent book is Build He actually tried out for “Jeopardy” once, passing the test but not Confidence Over Fences. 16 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 17 e DiaryNever Too Old of a Century Ride by Liz Benney

The Dressage Foundation’s Century Club is a program designed to honor senior dressage riders and their seniors horses. To become a member the ages of the horse and rider must add up to at least 100 years and they must ride any level dressage test before a judge or dressage professional. The following is a personal account of Liz Benney’s quest to become a Century Club member. Preparation for my ride began with an application to The Dressage Foundation. I wrote: “If you add my 78 years, 9 months and 2 days to Minty’s 21 years, 3 months and 9 days we add up to 100 years on July 11, 2012. Please may we do our ride on July 15th?” We’re approved! Minty’s veterinarian, Jay, worked out a two week wellness program prior to the ride. A shot of Vitamin B-12 was given to him to help Minty feel first class and improve his energy level. Minty still loves to work; but his body is aging and every bit of help is a positive. July 15th - I’m up at 4:30 a.m. …energy level is pretty good. We reach the show grounds just after 8 a.m. and the place is already packed. It turns out the club is making a big deal of my ride. A biography and awful photo they must have found on the Internet is stapled to the program. I look like a very weathered great-grandmother. I mount Minty with half an hour to go before the ride. I ask for a trot and let me tell you …Vitamin B-12 shots have the most remarkable effect on a horse. He moves off with the titanic stride and bounce of his youth and he is so forward and loose. I glance at my trainer, Kathy, and laugh that he won’t need a bit of a whack Liz and Minty – 100 years old (together) and going strong! to wake him up when I prepare to enter the arena. know old Minty so well…I delivered him 21 years ago. We will be My husband Dave, our children, and a host of loyal friends able to muddle through the test okay. arrive. It’s odd that I don’t feel the slightest bit nervous. I guess I The announcer goes on and on about the Century Ride and how I’m the 114th person to join the club. My friend Ann dusts my boots and Minty’s face and we’re off to the arena. People crowd all over the place to watch, but old Minty is unfazed. A bell goes and we enter at the letter A and track in a dead straight line to halt halfway up the arena at X. Minty stops flawlessly so I know we’re “on.” I acknowledge the judge and we go through all our exercises. It’s desperately hot and humid and even with permission to cast off our jackets, Minty and I are wilting by the last canter. But he has a marvelous surge when I do the required trot lengthening, diagonally across the long arena. He’s so dramatic we get a high mark of 8 for that! We turn up the centerline again and end with a halt at X. Another 8! The spectators are unexpectedly so generous in their cheers that Minty has this mammoth, first-ever spook and I am flung backwards. The onlookers love it and it is so out of Minty’s character that I’m hooting, too. Oh the many times we have halted at X to the applause of one loyal friend. Minty has the beautiful Century Club ribbon pinned to his bridle and we are given gifts. Speeches follow and a bottle of champagne is opened. That night Dave and I give a party for 12 at a superb restaurant on a lake. We don’t leave for three hours. I’m dead beat but can’t Heating things up: The hot weather didn’t slow down the dynamic sleep! So many people helped make this memorable day. Dave duo Photo by Prestige Sportshots and I are so thankful. 18 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 19 e Second ChancesMagical Rescue

By Lauren R. Giannini

Former Three-Day Olympic ProspectJust over a year Finds ago, a mother Forever and daughter Home adopted a rescue. After two months of TLC, they discovered they had way more horse than they ever imagined… “We didn’t know anything about Magic – my daughter Morgan had recently lost her pony and we got Magic for her to do hunt seat and 4-H,” said Jennifer Teller. “He was very underweight when we got him. I think he just fell through the cracks, a matter of miscommunication and lucky for us that he did. Everything works out the way it’s supposed to, eventually. He has a forever home with us. When he retires, he’ll be a pasture pet for the rest of his life.” No idle promise: Jennifer was a senior in high school when she bought a two year old to trail ride and show in 4-H. That mare was 33 when she crossed the rainbow bridge last June. Cape May Comet retired to a life of leisure as a pasture pet when, at 16, she was diagnosed with navicular. “When my horse was put down, it just about killed me,” admitted Jennifer. “I had her for 31 years – it was never long enough.” Magic, meanwhile, was doing a four-star job of keeping the Tellers on their toes. Last fall, about two months after the 17.1 hand English Thoroughbred entered their lives, they found out just how much horse they had. “Me and my friend had a little cross-rail set up and I wanted to see what Magic would do,” recalled Morgan. “He went right over the cross-rail and then he just sort of locked onto the 5 foot tall pasture gate and jumped it. I fell off. I don’t jump very much, and that was huge.” Her friend also took a spill, albeit not jumping the pipe gate. Hours later they went to the emergency room where they were diagnosed with concussions. The doctors thought Morgan had injured her back; but it turned out to be torn connective tissue in her hip, which would require surgery to repair. “When Morgan got home from the hospital after jumping that gate, I told her ‘this horse did something!” recalled Jennifer. “He has a freeze-brand on his back, and she started doing web searches and his picture popped up: 10:30 at night, Morgan was walking around the house screaming, this horse nearly went to the Olympics!” Midnight Magic had been campaigned by Stuart Black, who was short and long-listed on the Canadian three-day team for the 2004 Athens Olympics; but they did not get to compete. The horse changed hands a number of times and, after sustaining injuries in a trailer accident, retired. Obviously, time off and turnout healed whatever was wrong. That’s when the Tellers adopted him: “he’s a lot of horse for a 16 year old kid” is the verdict from many people in

Morgan Teller and Midnight Magic Photo by Rita McMullen 20 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE Magic’s new world. In fact, when the Tellers contacted wasn’t fit enough,” said Sue. “On August 12 we did a benefit Stuart, he said the same thing about his old partner. schooling dressage show, including western dressage, at Sometimes, the horse gods smile. Magic, now 19, Woodbine and donated the entries, $800, to Helping Hearts showed his athleticism over the pasture gate, but Morgan’s Equine which rescued Magic. You know, I’ve had tons of fate led her in a different direction; in late spring, she started horses through here and Magic is special. He’s an awesome riding with Sue Holtz of Woodbine Equestrian Center in New dude. Nothing scares him. I’ve never been on a horse with Jersey. “That gate incident got me thinking about doing such heart. He loves attention; he knows he’s a celebrity. dressage with Magic,” said Morgan, who was sidelined in It’s been an honor to have him here – he brought magic to late July after fracturing her tailbone falling down the steps Woodbine – and I can’t believe I have the opportunity to of a water slide. “I tried riding; but it’s too painful. I’m going ride him.” a little nuts. I can’t stand not riding and it makes me crazy Meanwhile, Morgan is champing at the bit to get back in just to watch.” the saddle again. Her surgery should correct the problem Magic went into training with Sue at Woodbine and with her coccyx. She models, but it’s her love for horses Morgan reported: “Sue loves riding him – says he’s the best that makes her special, according to Sue who said: “Morgan horse she has ever ridden! He likes to show off – he gets has this enormous connection with the horses. They see bored doing lower levels. He has a really good attitude; but her coming.” Morgan’s bottom line says it all: “My goal is to he can get into a mood once in a while and get a little pushy. do as much as I can. Magic is teaching me. I’d like to go as Mostly he’s a nice guy, not macho, just perfect.” high as I can with him.” Sue has ridden all her life: she teaches and retrains off- When it’s time for Midnight Magic to retire, he will live the-track Thoroughbreds to sell or to use in lessons. In July out his days in a lovely field, tended by his forever people. she rode Magic in a dressage show and he won his first “We really lucked out – what a gem,” said Jennifer. “He’s a level class. She can’t say enough nice things about him. character, too – he’s the light of our life.” “This horse can do much more – he has the training; but he

Mutt of the month Nelson is a very energetic 5 year old Lab-Hound mix. He came to us heartworm positive, but has since been cured. He needs a patient family with room to run. He is a student in our Phideaux University program and knows “sit” and “down” and is eager to learn more. He’s an attention-hog and would prefer to be an only pet, but might compromise if the right dog were introduced to him. He is affectionate and likes riding in the car, especially to SPCA dog washes! Contact the SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare. 803-648-6863.

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Pacifico’sSidelines Sidekick Supermodel Good Looks Celebrating A Different Kind of Horsepower

By Abby Westmark

Supermodels are often discovered in the strangest ways – walking down the street, playing on the beach or by entering their photo in a model contest. That’s exactly how Sidelines discovered Pacifico – when the handsome bay gelding’s photo was entered in the Sidelines Supermodel Contest. He’s a real life equine supermodel – perfect for this issue in which we celebrate our supermodel winners.

Every girl dreams of having a male model to call her own and for Gemini Brittany Pledger of Fort Myers, Florida, that dream has come true. Brittany is the proud owner of Pacifico, an eight year old Hanoverian gelding that moonlights as a supermodel. Pacifico has been modeling with Brittany’s Hunter’s Sound Stable since she purchased him in 2007, starring in photo shoots as well as live broadcasts. Pacifico’s most recent gig was a broadcast for Invicta watch company, where he was chosen for his handsome bay looks and perfect white socks. The broadcast was filmed for four nights, from 7 pm until 4 am. Always a gentleman, Pacifico took the work in stride - he posed perfectly for the camera, despite the chaos of running from set to set surrounded by cameramen and lights. Although Pacifico may have perfected the aloof look preferred in advertising, Brittany knows his true personality. “He’s very affectionate,” she says, “a snuggler. Nobody can enter his stall without him nuzzling them.” But that isn’t to say he isn’t without his celebrity tantrums. On the set of the Invicta shoot, Pacifico learned one of the key elements of show biz - how to work the investors for rewards. “I hid some of his favorite cookies underneath the table where the hosts were sitting and between takes he was really acting silly, making faces, stretching his neck out and even nibbling on the hosts’ shirts. If they ignored him, he would start throwing things onto the set to get their attention. Of course, everyone thought he was just being personable but in reality he was training the hosts to keep feeding him his favorite cookies!” We think it’s quite refreshing to hear that even with the pressures of the modeling industry, the elite equines still enjoy their cookies.

Do you know of a horse with an interesting career Pacifico in supermodel mode that deserves a place as a Sidelines Sidekick? All Photos courtesy of Gemini Brittany Pledger Email [email protected]

22 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 23 The Will to Survive

Suki’s barn burning, July 2009 – every horse owner’s worst nightmare. Photo by Exeter Township Fire Department

By April Leonard

“The barn is on fire and they can’t find our horses.” Answering the phone to these words is a horse owners’ worst nightmare. For Frances Wade-Whittaker of Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, this nightmare came true on July 9, 2009. When a fellow boarder called around midnight to say that their horses’ home - Pink Star Equestrian Center - was on fire. Fran was fear-stricken for her beloved Oldenburg mare, Suki. Eventually, Fran’s nine year old horse was found in a field not far from the burning stable. Burns covered over 70% of Suki’s body and her eyes were so swollen from the burning that she couldn’t see at all. Suki had heard the sound of another horse breaking a fence to escape the fire and had followed that horse away from the scene into a nearby field. A vet was immediately

This photo of Suki was taken in early spring 2012. The amazing mare with the will to survive now helps human burn victims. Photo by Jennifer Curry Bandura.

called to examine the horses where they stood. Suki had suffered the most intense damage out of every horse that had been at Pink Star Equestrian Center. Upon hearing the news, Fran asked the vet the unavoidable question, “Should Suki be put down?” The vet replied, “No, the mare may still have a chance.” Fran was later told that it might have been a blessing rather than a curse that she was unable to see Suki immediately after the fire, because hardly anyone who saw Suki that night would have ever guessed the mare would live. Suki was taken straight to New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. According to Dr. Kelly Kalf, the veterinarian who admitted Suki into New Bolton, the most immediate concern was that Suki’s airways would close due to the severe swelling in her face. “When she arrived, she was severely depressed, in shock and likely in a great deal of pain. Her head was hanging very low, her eyes were swollen shut and it was obvious that her head had taken the brunt of the burn injuries,” Dr. Kalf said. Suki also had Suki, in the summer of 2012, shows off her pretty trot and her awful burns covering her back, a cut on her leg and ulcers in both remarkable spirit. Photo by Jennifer Curry Bandura eyes. 24 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE July 2009, two weeks after the fire, Suki eating in her stall at the New Bolton Center. “Ultimately all of that charred skin fell off, exposing the pink healthy skin beneath. The bandage on her right front leg was due to a laceration suffered when Suki was running from the farm,” Fran said. Photo by Fran Wade-Whittaker

Suki, two weeks after the fire, at the New Bolton Center. “As bad as this looks, Suki demanded treats as soon as she Suki, taken in early spring 2012 saw me!” Fran said. Photo by Jennifer Curry Bandura Photo by Fran Wade-Whittaker

Fran arrived at New Bolton the next morning, anxious about every day. Otherwise, she has healed since the skin graft. Some what she would see. “She just kind of looked ghostly. Her face think it is unlikely that Fran will ever be able to ride her horse had absolutely no hair on it, and her eyes were swollen shut. I again, but Dr. Fugaro points out, “Suki has made liars out of many think I was kind of in shock,” Fran remembers. Suki gave her people, including me, in the past.” Hopefully Suki will be able to owner hope, however, because even though she couldn’t see join Fran in their much-loved sport of dressage again someday, Fran, when Fran called out her name Suki replied with a nicker but for now Suki is spending her time lungeing, grazing in turnout even through her pain and confusion. She also accepted food and visiting with human burn victims who find inspiration in her from Fran, which was a promising sign because it is typically very story. difficult to maintain weight on burn victims due to the amount of To Fran, the therapy that Suki can give other burn victims is the calories needed to heal the burns. Suki’s sheer will to live was good that comes out of this tragedy. “That’s the silver lining for evident from the beginning. “Sometimes stubbornness is what it me. People really respond to her and what she’s been through,” takes to survive,” Fran states, the pride she feels for her horse Fran said, adding that although she and Suki may never compete emanating from her voice. in fourth level dressage again, the remarkable bond the two share After two years of intensive care, Suki was almost completely has only grown stronger through their struggles. “I have learned to healed except for a section of her back that wasn’t fully improving. look at life a little differently, because everything can change in an “The tissue in this location remained red, raw, ulcerated and would instant. It’s important not to take life for granted. Suki has taught frequently bleed,” said Dr. Mike Fugaro of Centenary College. Dr. me to have courage, even when it seems you are at your darkest Fugaro and Fran agreed that a skin graft on Suki’s back would moment.” be the best way to reach full recovery and in March of 2011, Dr. Fugaro performed the skin graft. About the writer: April Leonard spent her summer working as an intern for Sidelines Magazine. She is a senior at Cazenovia College in Cazenovia, New York, Suki currently still needs to wear protective bandages on her working toward a degree in Equine Business Management. back for rolling and her skin has to be exfoliated and moisturized FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 25 26 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 27 eIngate Hi Ho Silver! Gerry Burk and her wonder horse, Toby in the Douglas County Fair Parade in Castle Rock, Colorado, with More wedding bells! The Colorado eventing community is her beautiful parade “Silver Saddle.” Gerry is a member of a certainly going to miss our fellow eventer and dear friend John group of 13 woman, the famous “Silver Saddles Ladies,” Kelly! However, we send John and his new bride, Wendy Low, founded by Ann Wolffe in Denver, Colorado. If you are lucky our best wishes and congratulations! Wendy and John were you can catch them this year at the Denver Rodeo and Stock married in Penobscot Bay on August 8th. Wendy just retired from Show where they managing Canterbury Showplace after 22 years. Wendy and will be in their John are planning on spending more time eventing and traveling splendid tiaras and and will be living on Wendy’s farm in Gainesville during the winter sparkling “Silver months and hopefully competing and spending time with old Saddles.” Gerry is friends back in Colorado during the summer. We wish them both also a member of all of the best! the Bijou Springs Hunt and the Ft. Brianne Goutal is still the One To Watch! Just a few years ago Carson Hunt, both Brianne swept the Big Equitation classes, winning all four major in Colorado. finals in one year and then went on to Brown University where she earned a degree in English. Armed with her college degree, Brianne is now embarking on a full time riding career – and she is doing it with her usual gusto! Stationed in France and training with Conor Swail, Brianne is already back to her winning ways. She rode her horse Nice de Prissey to second place in the $245,022 Longines Falsterbo Grand Prix in July in Sweden. Thanks to Brianne’s impressive win, the Federation Equestre International named Brianne the “Rolex One To Watch” for July. We already knew Brianne was one to watch – and we will keep watching and rooting for her! a “Courtesy Card Perk” (or discount) to anyone with a Courtesy Card. Visit www.WellingtonEquestrianBusiness.com and request An exciting and unique concept is in place for equestrians your WEBG Preferred Equestrian Courtesy Card. Use your card and horse lovers residing in and visiting Wellington, Florida at any of the participating WEBG merchants to get promotions and the Western Communities. Active, involved and creative and discounts all year! Also, check out the merchant directory business leaders have joined together to form the Wellington page to see the growing list of WEBG businesses who are eager Equestrian Business Group and to show their appreciation for to welcome you with extra courtesy and special offers! the Equestrian community, the WEBG is sponsoring the Preferred Equestrian Courtesy Card program. Each merchant is offering Continued on page 30

28 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 29 Martha, the proud mom of David Jennings reported to Sidelines that her son was awarded a very prestigious award among fellow riders, the Leading Professional Jumper Rider award at Horse Shows by the Bay this summer in Traverse City, Michigan. Congratulations David. The talented rider also finished 7th in the $30,000 Grand Prix aboard Nandy Fontaine.

Are you thinking your next mount should be a KWPN? Not a bad idea since Dutch-bred horses won a total of 11 Olympic medals in London, five of which were gold. Sounds like a golden breed!

For the equestrian who has everything and enjoys a good laugh! Veterinarian Lisa H. Handy, of Carolina Equine Clinic in

Equestrian and singer Ki-Juan Minors married the love of his life on July 20th at the Conrad Bali Hotel in Indonesia. After dating for 10 years, Ki proposed to Courtney Dill, of Bermuda, at the 2010 Hampton Classic Horse Show just Two and a half horses! Kressa Peterson, a hunter jumper before performing the National Anthem in front of thousands rider from Atlanta who works for Atzeri International Sport of spectators and friends. The couple flew for over 27 hours Horses, got up close and personal with movie and TV star to reach their exotic destination – and all we can say is it Ashton Kutcher. The photo was taken at the filming of the looks breathtaking. Ki competes, trains and sells horses with movie “Killers” at Pinetree Farms. “Ashton really took a liking his trainer Wendy Arndt at IEC. to the horses and gave them treats,” Kressa said. The whole Photo by Ricky and Co Photography thing sounds like a treat to us! Photo by Frances Land Continued on page 32

30 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 31 Aiken, South Carolina, has published a humorous coffee table book revealing the lighter side of equine practice. Great news - a portion of the profits will go to equine research.

The Colorado hunter/jumper community has lost a wonderful person, friend, rider and trainer. Keiri Kaneps, who lost her battle with cancer, will be dearly missed. Keiri will always be remembered for her love of animals and her positive encouraging inspiration.

Our condolences to Rick Cram on the loss of his father. Rick and Cathy Cram own and operate Progressive Show Jumping in Aiken, South Carolina.

We were so sorry to hear that Susan Anderson of Aiken, South Carolina, died at the end of July from a brain aneurism. Though Susan was retired from her lovely tack store, Southern Saddlery, it had been a mainstay in Aiken for many years.

Our thoughts go out to Robert Dover and his family on the loss of his mom, Jean, at age 84. Twelve years ago, Jean was given three months to live after being diagnosed with cancer. Robert was able to spend time with her a few days ago before he left for London to coach the Canadian dressage team at the Olympics. He has posted a lovely tribute to her on his blog.

Does your barn or organization have news, tidbits or announcements you would like to share in the Ingate column, dedicated to hunter and jumper news. It can Hanging out with the Kennedys! Singer Taylor Swift be something as fun as a wedding announcement, new poses for a photo with Olivia Burns at the West Beach horse purchased, upcoming clinics or exciting wins. Club in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Taylor is dating Conor The deadline for the next issue is September 15th and Kennedy, of the Massachusetts Kennedy clan. Olivia, of all Ingate news should be sent to editor@sidelinesnews. Wellington, Florida, shows in the Junior Hunters and the com. Medal and Maclay.

32 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 33 NetPosse Works!

Idaho is now 27 and lives the good life with Debi and Harold. Debi recalls her emotions when Idaho was stolen: “It’s a horrible feeling – that a creature you know, love and care for has been stolen out of the safety of your pasture…” Photo by Sean Lyon

By Lauren R. Giannini spotted American Saddlebred had been stolen out of her father’s pasture. Michelle also reported Opie’s theft to Stolen Horse In 1997, Harold and Debi Metcalfe discovered that their spotted International and the alert went out to thousands of NetPosse racking horse Idaho had been stolen out of the pasture via a cut volunteers, who forwarded the alert to thousands more. The horse fence line bordering a dirt road. Debi taught herself how to use vanished without a trace – until last July when a tipster contacted the relatively young Internet to send out what she called the Idaho Stolen Horse International about an ad on Craigslist, prompting Alert. Over time, the press picked up the story, coining a clever Debi to put NetPosse into action. nickname – “NetPosse” – to describe all the people who joined “People have no idea what we do,” said Debi. “We have the Internet based community of volunteers united by the single- volunteers around the country and they will ride fence lines and minded intention to find the stolen horse. drive up and down roads, looking into pastures. They pose as The “Idaho Alert System” enjoyed the happiest of endings: 51 buyers to see if the horse is there. All of this is volunteer – nobody weeks later, in September 1998, the mare was recovered and gets any money for this. I don’t get paid for what I do and I put returned to her overjoyed people. That marked the birth of Stolen 50-70 hours a week into NetPosse. It’s called paying it forward Horse International Idaho Alerts: a digital flyer that provides and it started because so many people helped me when Idaho pictures of the missing equine, detailed description and other key was stolen. It was symbolic, having my horse returned to me in a information that might help in its recovery. church parking lot. I say my prayers every night.” In 2010, the Metcalfes made the tough love decision to change The reunion of Opie and Michelle was emotional, to say the Idaho Alert, named in honor of their spotted mare, to NetPosse. least. But the years of distress and pain, anger and fear for your com Alert. The new name branded the 501(c)3 non-profit as a horse’s life mark you in subtle ways. Harking back to that fateful global partnership. day in 1997 when they realized that Idaho had been stolen and Approximately 42-52% of the horses reported missing annually they were beside themselves with worry, Debi recalled clearly how have been found through NetPosse. In July, a virtually miraculous her husband Harold peeked in at their children and whispered, recovery took place, nearly 10 years after the theft of Sultan’s “Thank God it wasn’t one of our kids.” Grand Opus (Opie). In March of 2003, Opie’s owner, Michelle “But you know, when it happens to you, you feel as if your child Pool, filed a report in San Antonio, Texas that her five-year-old Continued on page 74

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The Sidelines Horse Supermodel Contest was a smashing success. We received over 400 entries and, needless to say, all of the horses and ponies entered were supermodels in their own right. Congratulations to the top five winners -- all super supermodels. The judges selected some wonderful photos to appear in our Supermodel spread – but don’t despair if you didn’t see all the photos – just visit the Sidelines website to view all of the Supermodel entries.

First Date, owned by Kady Hobbins of Canada -- Winner of The Rambo® Newmarket Equine Collection Printed Cooler from Horseware Ireland First Date helped me qualifying for the CET Medal finals at the Royal Winter Fair and we also placed 8th in the Canadian Hunter Derby Finals. We are currently moving up to the High Performance Hunter division and are having the time of our lives competing against professionals in the hunter ring.

Foxwater Pure Country, owned by Mary Ellen Payne of Georgia R Street Cat, from New Vocations -- Winner of the Bridleway Leather Show Racehorse Adoption Program in Ohio Halter -- Winner of the Two Socks Design Saddle This is Foxwater Pure Country Welsh Pad Stallion standing at Foxwater Farm. “R Street Cat” is a 3-year-old Foxwater Pure Country is the line bred son Thoroughbred who was retired from the of three-time National Welsh Champion racetrack and donated to New Vocations GlanNant Country Roads. Standing 12 Racehorse Adoption Program. Unplaced hands, Rhett Butler is my idea of a dream after four starts, it was evident that he had pony. no interest in being a racehorse. He has been adopted and will be starting his new career as a hunter, a discipline much better suited to his personality. Piper, owned by Jennifer Gordon of Georgia -- Winner of the Bridleway Fancy- Stitched Padded Snaffle Bridle This is Piper, a 4-year-old Thoroughbred mare who was rescued at two from going to slaughter after showing no promise on the track. Watching her blossom into the beautiful horse she is today has brought me so much joy. We hope to be in the hunter ring soon!

Rosenthal, owned by Larissa Barilar of Maryland -- Winner of the Absorbine prize pack including a15 oz. ShowSheen Finishing Mist and a 4 lb. jar of Magic Cushion This is Rosenthal, a 1998, 16.3 Imported Black Hanoverian Stallion (Rubinstein/ Karon/Woermann). He is a leading producer of premium foals in multiple breeds in the US and is known for producing very pretty and trainable offspring. He competed through Prix St. Georges with Inga Janke. 38 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE Hermes, owned by Bob Jackson of Pennsylvania

Pinkie Pie, owned by Erin King of Canada

Daddys Dollars, owned by Madison Hilderman of Canada

Dawn’s Day, from CANTER Mid Atlantic Horse Rescue Summerwood’s Royal Polaris, from Blue, owned by Amy Healing Horse Redman of Michigan Therapy Center in Florida

Stan, owned by Jenny Tivoli, owned by McGee of Carrie Buxton of Connecticut Florida

Sonny, owned by Hope Carlin of Montana

Continued on page 40 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 39 More Supermodels! Blackie, owned by Sam Van Winter of Rhode Island

Scarlett, owned Dozey, by Jonna Wilks owned by of Georgia Kate Doos of California Bosco, owned by Elodie Amy’s Joy, Meehan of owned Canada by Jackie Hackett of New York

Saluut2u, owned by Anne Walker in Florida

Lune de Miel, owned by Kimberly Billquist of Charlie, owned Florida by Laura Chalice, Pollock of New owned by Julia York Williamson of New York Continued on page 42 40 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 41 More Supermodels! Jackson, owned by Meghan of New York

Cassiopeia, Casanova CF, owned by Molly owned by Lindsey McDougall of Henderson of South Carolina Tennessee

Levi, owned by Red Coconut, Melanie Burkhart owned by Margaret of California Christensen of Massachusetts

True Colors, owned by Melissa Mazer of Florida

Jolly Good Sport, owned Richard, owned by by Sheila Wolff of Reba, owned by Stacia Purcell of Virginia Katia Englebert Florida of Texas

42 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 43 The Eyes Have It eyeD™ – Horse Identification Goes High Tech

The Live Oak International Combined Driving Event in Ocala, Florida, provided a great stage for eyeD™ scans, performed by eyeD™ representative Summer Dunaway. Live Oak Stud and eyeD™ served as co-title sponsors of the driving and jumping show, with eyeD™ sponsoring the $15,000 Welcome Stakes and Live Oak sponsoring the $50,000 Grand Prix. Photo by Amalia Castro

By Lauren R. Giannini an essential component of eyeD™. Interestingly, clones have uniquely different iris patterns from their genetic donors: this adds The eye of a horse inspires poetry and creates sublime images great support to eyeD’s claim of total and reliable accuracy. in art and photography. It can range from a molten pool of The process itself is as simple as taking a digital photo of each timeless wisdom to a white ringed harbinger of explosive power. eye. Of course, steady hands and moments of stillness on the Knowledgeable horse people talk about a horse having a good equine’s part help to attain a sharp image. The digital images are eye. electronically stored along with pedigree registrations, medical Thanks to this uber-technological age of instant communications records and other information in the eyeD™ processor, which is and constant global contact, the equine eye now will serve as a password protected and highly secured. means of identifying horses beyond the shadow of any doubt. In the event that a horse’s identity is in question, e.g. at an About 20 years ago, microchips joined the traditional methods auction or rescue or even during a pre-purchase exam (caveat of freeze-branding and tattoos. About the size of a grain of rice, emptor craigslist!), the equine’s eyes can be scanned and quickly microchips use passive Radio Frequency Identification technology downloaded with results attained within minutes from the eyeD™ (RFID). Animal control, rescue shelters, vet offices and auctions, data base. to name just a few, routinely scan horses and small animals for In this age of computers-to-go and smart phones with web microchip implants. access, eyeD’s applications and uses are mind boggling. The premise behind eyeD™ is even more cutting edge, in its Launched in November 2011, you are invited to take advantage own right, than microchipping was at its conception and provides of a special introductory offer to join the eyeD™ Futurity Club, a non-invasive option of horse identification for owners, vets, with an annual renewal fee of only $2 per horse for its lifetime, associations and event staffs. The technology of eyeD™ offers an a huge savings for anyone who leaps into this cutting edge easy alternative to known methods and has already garnered rave method of horse identification. Your national enrollment fee of $50 reviews for being more accurate than tattoos or markings. As for includes the initial iris scan and activation of the equine’s 15 digit hard copy documentation, visit NetPosse.com to see the numbers alphanumeric ID number. of stolen horses whose papers have been “lost” or falsified. “We are still in the early stages of discovering all the possible The science behind eyeD™ utilizes the indisputable unique capabilities of eyeD™,” said David Knupp, marketing manager for iris pattern of the equine eye to establish an identification code, Global Animal Management. “I’m excited to watch this new form which has already been perfected in humans and has proven to of identification grow and become the standard for horse owners be more accurate than a fingerprint. A digital photo of the iris, globally.” called an eyePrint™, is taken of each eye with a special camera that is equipped with infrared illuminators (deep red light at the For more information, visit www.eyeD.com edge of the visible light spectrum which the naked eye can see), 44 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE Dana’s Doodles

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On Course By Alessandra Shultz Jill Pelzel All photos by Katie Jill Pelzel, of Fort Lupton, Colorado is one busy horsewoman. Murray Photography Besides owning and operating Fall River Farm, Jill trains and rides horses for Colorado’s hunter/jumper circuit, is President of the Colorado Hunter/Jumper Association (CHJA) and coaches the University of Colorado-Boulder Equestrian Team. And she Jilldoes it all with Pelzel great success. Under her tutelageKnows for the past five the Business years, the CU team and its members have consistently pinned in the Regional, Zone and National Championships. Under the Fall River Farm banner, she has instructed riders to numerous State and Regional year end awards and wins at the state Medal Finals. Her philosophy for training hunter/jumper champions is the expectation of good horsemanship and good sportsmanship from her riders.

How did you begin your career with horses? I have always ridden; but did not start teaching until after I had graduated from CU Boulder with a Business Degree. At that point I was teaching to help pay for the cost of my horse. My business has grown and changed every year since.

How did you get involved with the CU Equestrian Team? How does coaching differ from instructing and training riders and horses for the A shows? and I like the challenges of coaching the CU team. My favorite I was approached to coach the CU team by several of the thing to see is my horses and riders succeeding! members. I love the challenge of coaching riders to figure out how to ride a horse they have never ridden before. The biggest What’s the best advice you’ve ever followed and who difference in coaching is simply the prep....you teach a student gave it to you? how to ride their own horse; you coach a college student to handle The best advice I have ever gotten has been to continue learning any kind of horse. and to keep an open mind. There is always someone with a new, different or better idea to almost everything we do. I only wish that How has the CU team developed under your tutelage? I knew back ‘then’ what I know now.... Our CU program has grown immensely the past four years and our success has become more frequent and consistent. It should What’s you favorite thing to do when you aren’t riding be fun to see where we are a few years down the road. or instructing? I love to cook and spend time with my family, even though it is Of all the ways you are involved in the equestrian sport limited sometimes. (rider, instructor, trainer, CHJA board member, etc.), which capacity is your favorite? Who are your equestrian heroes, horse and human? I don’t have a favorite. I enjoy being able to give back to my My horse hero is Rox Dene. I love a successful, classic horse community through the CHJA, I love riding and teaching Thoroughbred. I only wish that I could have sat on her. I don’t have one true human equestrian hero, since there are so many Jill competing with “masters” that have shaped my career. I think my husband and the magnificent my son are my heroes. The men in my house put up with endless Colorado scenery in days of horse shows, horse laundry in the house, frozen hoses in the background the laundry room and dogs that can’t stay clean on the farm.

What are future goals for Fall River Farm and the CU team? As far as my goals, I would like to see both my farm and my CU team continue to be successful. My definition of success is to increase horsemanship and send people out of my program that have a passion for horses and riding.

About the writer: Alessandra Shultz grew up in the mountains of Colorado, but now lives in upstate New York to study Apparel Design Management at Cornell University. She currently has two mares which she trail rides and shows in the jumpers.

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Misty of ChincoteagueA Real Life

Clipper and Lida with the book that started it all – “Misty of Chincoteague” by Marguerite Henry. Photo by Melanie Eckert

By Lida Bard mothers or played with their friends. That night I began asking my father for a pony. “We went over I first read Marguerite Henry’s beloved book Misty of this before we even left the house, no more ponies,” he told me. ChincoteaguePony when I was Talefive. I then asked my father if he would I begged and tried to make all sorts of deals with him, saying I’d take me to see the famous swimming ponies and he said yes. He keep my room clean and get straight A’s in school were the two I didn’t take me until I was 16, though, and by that point I’d started repeated the most. He remained firm in his answer. riding and had two ponies and my event horse. Over the next few days we watched ponies, played mini golf, This was certainly a trip I’d been looking forward to for a very watched ponies, looked through the local shops, watched ponies, long time, 11 years to be exact. As the last week of July 2007 visited the Pony Centre and watched ponies some more. I couldn’t came closer I researched online to find out all I could about what take my eyes off of all of those little pinto foals that were frolicking to expect. We’d booked our hotel reservation a year in advance and playing. I kept working on my dad. My mom was trying to help to make sure that we would have a place to stay during the one me strategize how to change his mind. He went from a straight out week of the year that Chincoteague Island attracts 40,000 or more “no” that first day to “well if we got one, which one’s do you like?” people. Upon departing for our family vacation my dad made sure to “ok, which one do you want?” I had finally worn him down! to inform me we were not coming home with a pony. I agreed While the majority of the ponies remained penned up on because I didn’t want the trip to begin with tension. Assateague until the morning of the swim, a few mothers and It’s probably almost seven hours from New Jersey to foals were trailered across the causeway to Chincoteague and Chincoteague Island. When we arrived we checked into our hotel put in a pen on the carnival grounds where the other ponies would room and decided to cross the causeway onto Assateague Island soon join them. The reason for this was because these foals were to see if we could find the ponies. We’d been told that some were even younger than the rest, about a month old, maybe less. The already penned up, ready and waiting for the swim in several Salt Water Cowboys, who run the week, were concerned for these days. The ponies were not hard to find. The road was lined with few foals’ safety and weren’t sure they would survive the swim. It cars and my parents and I piled out and walked to the fenced-in was here that I first saw the pony that would become mine. enclosure. Pony Number 98B The First Sight of Ponies He was grazing next to his mother, a large bay pony mare. He My first thought was that these ponies were beautiful. They was a bay pinto with a backwards quarter moon on his forehead, were every color - pintos, bays, chestnuts, buckskins, palominos, and had four white stockings. He was gorgeous. He made the top some even looked like Misty and it was these that drew in the of my list not only because of his looks but because we were pretty most attention because of the speculation that they may be her confident he’d grow up to be a large pony that I’d be able to ride descendants. My parents and I were shocked to see how mellow and enjoy. We were told by other onlookers who had made the the ponies were. There were probably 70 or 80 ponies in the yearly pilgrimage to Chincoteague before that the mare’s name pen and most were just grazing. The stallions watched over their was Periwinkle and that her stallion was Billy Ray; but that no mares and the foals, practically newborns, either clung to their Continued on page 54 52 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE Let Us Handle All Your Insurance Claims

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FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 53 Clipper, age 5, and Lida jumping Clipper’s first cross-country jump, summer 2012 Photo by Brian Allenby

Lida watching ponies on Assateague Island before her dad said she could have one, July 2007. Photo by Nick Bard One month old Clipper at the pony auction, July 2007. Photo by Nick Bard

Halloween Fun! Lida and Clipper, age 2, enjoy trick-or-treating. Photo by Nick Bard one had seen him yet that year. It was speculated that he hadn’t she found me on Facebook that the other person who wanted my survived the winter. They said Billy Ray had been a large bay pony owns his full brother. Needless to say, my dad won. pony, too. I had two other pinto colts on my list. The foals were all numbered with yellow tags that looked like sticky notes. My little Clipper Comes Home guy’s number was 98B. I remember shrieking out with excitement when the auctioneer The morning of the pony swim was a long one. We paid $20 pointed to my father and shouted, “SOLD!” The pony I would to stand on someone’s back lawn to get a better view. When low later name Eclipse, and call Clipper, was only a month old and tide finally happened and it was safe for the ponies to make their too young to leave his mother and had to stay on Chincoteague journey, the Cowboys sent off a red flare. The crowd began to another month with her. He then went someplace else to get cheer as the ponies came into view followed by the Cowboys on halter broke. He was five months old when we finally brought him their own mounts. I can’t even describe how incredible it was to home. The first thing I did was sit in his stall on a bucket and see nothing but their muzzles, eyes and ears sticking out of the read Misty of Chincoteague to him. We dressed him up for all the water. Once they’d reached the shore they were allowed to rest holidays, I took him trick or treating, we threw him a first birthday for an hour while they were checked over by a vet. My parents and party barbeque. I used that time to rush to the carnival ground so we could watch We moved to Aiken, South Carolina two years ago from New as the Cowboys herded the ponies into the big pen that was there. Jersey and Clipper just started jumping this summer. He’s come a It was fun to watch the herds find each other amongst the crowd long way from that cute little foal barely bigger than a Greyhound. of ponies. He’s 14.2 now. He went to his first Combined Test, practiced for The next morning was the auction and I was nervous. The night his first event and did the walk trot dressage test and cross rail before we’d written our last name on three plastic bags and taped division. He came in second. I’ve never been so proud of anything them to the bleachers. Lots of other people had already done so. in my life, my little pony that I’d raised and broken with the help We found our seats and waited for the ponies on my list to be of some wonderful trainers and my parents, got second at his first brought out. There was no running order because they brought the show! Clipper has taught me so much and he truly is the ultimate foals out as they caught them. I told my dad to bid on whichever souvenir from the best family vacation I’ve ever been on. one came out first just in case he didn’t win there would be two more chances. My favorite colt with the backwards quarter moon “My Story” is a first person account of life in the equestrian on his face was the first of my three to be brought out. He was world. Would you like to write your story for Sidelines Magazine? very calm and didn’t rear or buck like most of the other foals, we To be considered, send a brief description of your story to editor@ hoped this was a good model of his personality. We got in a slight sidelinesnews.com bidding war with some unknown person and I later learned when Continued on page 78 54 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 55 56 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 57 e

Juniorside

By Kayce Douglass

She may only be 14 years old, but eventer Erin Jones is taking Colorado by storm. Along with her mount, Edmund, the pair won their first Preliminary Event at the Spring Gulch Horse trial in ErinColorado in May. ErinJones and Edmund then gallopedTakes on to wins in theColorado by Storm Preliminary division at Abbe Ranch in Larkspur, Colorado and The Colorado Horse Park, in Parker, Colorado. They captured another blue in Prelim at the Rocky Mountain Horse Trial in Longmont, Colorado in August. Erin and Edmund have formed a wonderful partnership and Erin is thrilled that Edmund knows his job and that they work well together. Edmund is an 18 year old Irish Sport Horse, owned by Ashley Demander. Ashley and Edmund competed up to the Advanced level in their career together. Ashley rode with Lynn Klisavage in her younger years in Colorado and then trained with Jimmy Wofford. Edmund is enjoying his “second career” with Erin and the young rider is quick to call him her horse of a lifetime. Sidelines caught up with Erin in between her busy schedule with school, volleyball practice and her daily trips out to Ashley’s barn to ride and give Erin and Edmund Edmund carrots and hugs! Photo by Elizabeth Jones

How did you begin your riding career? What riders do you admire the most? I started riding before I could even walk, when Molly Rinedollar Karen O’Connor, Phillip Dutton and Jan Byyny let me ride her adorable pony Allie. Molly was instrumental in my riding when I was just a wee one and then Allie came home to live Who has influenced you the most in your riding career? with us at our barn. Allie was 30 years old and was my constant Lynn Klisavage and K.C. Parkins-Kyle. Lynn started my companion. She was my babysitter! foundation before my legs even reached the bottom of my saddle flaps. She continues to challenge and educate me today and What is your favorite characteristic in a horse? has had a huge impact on my life and my riding. K.C. has been The willingness to try and a big heart. Trying is what really instrumental in teaching me dressage. She knows how to balance matters the most. family, fun and riding with a touch of humor, but also hard work. I look up to both of these women.

Best Advice you have ever been given? When you fall off get right back in the saddle. It is true in life as well.

Favorite Horse Trial? Training 3 Day Event at the Colorado Horse Park. It was a wonderful experience.

Who has supported your riding? My family has been supportive. My sister Elizabeth is becoming a pro helping me care for Edmund after we complete the cross- country phase. I have been fortunate as I feel I have support from numerous other riders in the Colorado eventing community. Everyone is so encouraging.

What is your favorite thing to do when you are not riding? Playing volleyball because it keeps me in good shape for riding. But my favorite thing to do has always been to ride!

What is your favorite quote? “Our greatest glory is not in never failing; but in rising up every time we fail.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Horse Show

By Dani Moritz

At most horse shows we compete for our love of horses, our drive to win and, sometimes, just for our sheer enjoyment. But earlier this year, Tasha Plunket competed for something different - her father’s life. RidingTasha’s father was diagnosed for with Love & A Cure Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in 2003 and received a bone marrow transplant from his brother in 2005. The treatment was successful for a few years, but in 2010 he relapsed and is once again fighting the battle against Leukemia while being treated at John Hopkins and a local hospital. Inspired by her father’s struggle, Tasha entered the Equestrians Ride for a Cure event, held at Halcyon Farms in Dillsburg, Showing off red shirts with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s motto, “Relentless,” Pennsylvania. The show, which welcomed on the back equestrians, community spectators and Photo by Paul V Photography more than 30 sponsors, raised more than $10,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) and can come to my horse shows,” said Tasha. “Since this derby was the Man/Woman of the Year Campaign. Proceeds from the so close to home, he was able to watch me ride and his presence USHJA National Hunter Derby, Best Rider classes and “the barn was priceless.” challenge,” a competition between local barns to raise the most Thanks to the event, her father was not only able to see his money, all contributed to the funds raised. daughter win - and win for him - but he experienced support that Tasha Plunket was glad to play her part in honor of her father. you just don’t come by every day. “My dad has always been 100 percent supportive of my riding, so A sea of red and white transformed the show grounds into a it was gratifying to see that riding was helping to raise money for place of hope and inspiration for those affected by Leukemia, like research that could possibly benefit my father in the future,” said Tasha and her dad. White cloth was draped over the tables with red Tasha, who has been an avid equestrian since age five. “It was centerpieces, riders wore boutonnieres on their lapel to represent also great to be a part of a show whose focus was to give back to loved ones, horses were braided in red and white ribbons and the community.” staff members sported red shirts with LLS’s motto, “Relentless,” For the event, Tasha rode 11 year old Rhinebeck, owned by on the back. You couldn’t ask for a more perfect setting. Patricia Allison, in honor of her dad and won the USHJA National “The reaction from the competitors was extremely positive Hunter Derby. According to Tasha, winning the derby was quite because everyone realized this event was more than a horse the surprise, as it was her first time competing in a hunter derby show,” said Lauren Kohr, founder of Ride for a Cure. “We were and only her third time showing Rhinebeck. But what really made all working together for a great cause. As a representative of winning special was having her dad there to see it. the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for Team in Training and “My father is battling leukemia and it’s a rare occurrence that he a committee member for the 2012 Man/Women of the Year Campaign, I would like to genuinely thank Barb Kohr, Halcyon Farm and all the riders of Halcyon Farm who worked around the clock for weeks to make this a successful horse show and beautiful Derby. Without all of your commitment, enthusiasm and hard work, this horse show would not have been the success it was. At the end of the day, your “relentless” support, passion and dedication is making a great difference in the lives of sick children.” Due to the event’s success, Halcyon Farms looks forward to continuing to connect horse shows with noble causes. They held the 2012 Equestrians Ride for the Stars event August 25 to benefit therapeutic riding programs and look forward to partnering with JustWorld International in May 2013 for another benefit horse show. JustWorld is a not-for-profit humanitarian organization working as a catalyst for positive change in the developing world by helping impoverished children. Through these events, Halcyon Farms and others like it will The horses were braided in red in support of the Leukemia and continue to inspire change and provide something always worth Lymphoma Society Photo by Paul V Photography riding for - hope. 60 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 61 A Picture Paints A Thousand Words -

A parade of ponies. US Pony Finals The 2012 US Pony Finals and US National Hunter Championship for the second consecutive Pony Hunter Champions, held at the Kentucky year. The Grand Pony Championship title was Horse Park, proved to be a parade of talented presented to Madeline Schaefer and Hi Lite for and pretty ponies. Meredith Darst, aboard For their efforts in the Small Pony Hunter division. The Laughter, captured the Overall Large Pony All Photos by Emily Allongo

Captain Jack Sparrow enjoys getting his braids scratched by trainer Jennifer Beiling. Hanna Beiling earned 10th place overall A Pony Finals vehicle that says it all: Kentucky or Bust! in the Small Green Pony.

Macgyver and Captain Jack Sparrow congratulate each other on Lilli Hymowitz and Trillville were Medium Pony Reserve a job well done in the Small Green Pony division. Champions Continued on page 76 62 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 63 64 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 65 eOff Centerline Not many dry eyes in the house when Olympian Steffen Peters took his final ride onRavel at the 2012 Olympics. It was especially touching when Steffen leaned down and whispered in the great horse’s ear. Ravel, owned by Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang, retired following the London Games. Enjoy your retirement Ravel, you deserve it!

Your next great dressage partner could be an ex-racehorse. The Communication Alliance to Network Thoroughbred Ex- Racehorses (CANTER) is now offering its nationally recognized service to the horsemen in Colorado. Watch for volunteers as they begin visiting Arapahoe Park immediately to offer free sales listings, including photography, to trainers and owners looking to move their ex-racehorses onto second careers. Horses listed for sale will be available to the general public on www.canterusa.org/ colorado. Trainers or owners who would like to list a horse for sale Sidelines’ Gigi and Don Harris, recently lost her beloved should contact Jamie Girouard at [email protected]. mare Sasha on August 2, 2012. She was a loving companion for many years. Sasha is now free to gallop pain free but will On the move, Curlie V (Comeback II /Lobster) and Sam’t Und remain in Gigi’s heart forever. Seide, (who had been in training with Olympian Steffen Peters for the last year) left Carol and Rebecca Cohen’s Two Swans attained all 5* ratings on Amazon.com. The new volume will be Farm in Wellington, Florida to join Rebecca’s horse, Downtown, at available soon on Amazon, or on www.loveofthehorsebook.com. Hope Greenfield’s 16-Hands Farm in New Jersey where they will train with Lauren Sammis. Another amazing Colorado event, the Chariots Aspire Clinic, will take place October 13 and invites six disabled persons to Double the blessings! Dressage trainer, Tara Stegen participate in combined driving for the disabled. Chariots Aspires became the proud mother of twin sons on August 17th, James was started by Leslie Terry, mother of event trainer Laura Backus. Rowland and Jacob Charles. We assume that Tara and Leslie was an eventer before a car accident left her a quadriplegic Jeff will be in the market for a pair of fancy ponies soon! in 1993. The 501(c)3 organization is looking for participants but also for donors at the $25, $50 or $100 level for support. Checks Also in the baby parade is insurance rock star Sara Cunningham’s may be sent to Chariots Aspire, 6510 Lorraine Road, Larkspur, new baby, an adorable baby boy - Anthony Joseph Carlone, CO, 80118-5404. Observers are welcome to attend the event. barn name TJ. Best Wishes to Jules Nyssen on a speedy recovery from Colorado is in the news again! Congratulations to German serious injuries sustained while he was riding his Prix St. George rider Nicole Glusenkamp, who qualified for her Gold medal at horse Eclipse who had a heart attack. Our sympathy goes out to Dressage in the Rockies in Parker, Colorado, in August. Nicole Jules on the loss of one of his favorite dressage horses. rode the spectacular Friesian stallion, Ealtsje F, who is owned by Winning Edge Friesians in Texas. Nicole is a trainer at Iron Does your barn or organization have news, tidbits or Horse Farm, in Elizabeth, Colorado. announcements you would like to share in the Off Centerline column, dedicated to dressage, eventing and foxhunting Ann Jamieson’s eagerly awaited fourth volume of For the Love news. It can be something as fun as a wedding announcement, of the Horse will be released shortly! The book includes stories new horse purchased, upcoming clinics or exciting wins. about Ice Road Trucker Lisa Kelly, Boyd Martin and Neville The deadline for the next issue is September 15th and all Off Bardos, Tina Konyot and Calecto V and Paralympian Donna Centerline news should be sent to editor@sidelinesnews. Ponessa who competed in London. Ann’s previous books have com.

Conrad Schumacher will be in Massachusetts in the fall for Training Sessions at The Ashby Stock Farm. Nancy Later Lavoie and her husband Matthew Lavoie will be sponsoring the clinic October 4-7. The clinic will be open to all riders on Thursday and Friday and for Region 8 Jr/YR’s on Saturday and Sunday, with other demonstrations and lectures available on the weekend. Jr/YR’s of Region 8 enjoyed a clinic with Conrad (pictured) in his spring clinic at the Ashby Stock Farm. Photo by Matthew Lavoie 66 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 67 e Congratulations Sunny Hale! As the highest ranked woman polo player in the US, Sunny is being inducted into The National CowgirlAsides Museum and Hall of Fame. Sunny said, “I’m completely humbled and truly honored to be selected by the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame…looks like it’s time to dust off my cowboy hat...I’m going to Texas!!!”

Have you heard that the 302 Polo Club in Aiken, South Carolina was a happening place earlier this year? They hosted a number of very successful high-goal tournaments with players such as Adam Snow, Owen Rinehart, Frank Stitt, Jake Stimmel, Barb Uskup, Ulysses Escapite, Pelon Escapite and Antonio Galvan.

Beach polo anyone? This summer, the beaches of Muskegon, Michigan were in full polo mode with Michigan’s first beach polo game between Michigan State University and University of Michigan. While beach goers may have been surprised by the polo ponies invading their turf, it was all for a good cause. The event raised money for the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Polo fans having polo withdrawal don’t have to worry any longer. The USPA’s YouTube channel features tournament highlights, polo tips, lessons, clinics, interviews and more.

Call of the wild! Great Meadow Polo Club is having their annual polo ball September 14. Details to follow, but the theme might give you a hint about the night. The theme is: Out of Africa. Wyatt Harlow, 16, stepped up to the Great Meadow Polo plate at Twilight Polo on August 11 and did an outstanding job Does your polo barn or organization have news, tidbits marking professional player Daniel Tognini, who turned the or announcements you would like to share in the Asides 7 pm match into a fast and furious arena polo version of the column, which is dedicated to polo news. It can be something US Open. Wyatt scored nine goals with on-side support from as fun as a wedding announcement, new horse purchased, Doug Barnes and Moose Ishaq as Destination Polo earned upcoming clinics or exciting wins. The deadline for the next a well fought and decisive 10-6 victory over Middleburg Polo issue is September 15th and all Asides news should be sent Academy’s Julien LaCase, James Judea and Tognini. to [email protected]. Photo by Lauren R. Giannini

Event riders and steeplechase jockeys shed their breeches and boots and glammed up for a Twilight Polo party at Great Meadow Polo in The Plains, Virginia. In the photo from left to right- Ashley Harvey (Summer working student for Hannah Burnett), Hannah Burnett (Pan Am Gold Medalist), Annie Yeager and Kelly Green - working student at O’Connor Equestrian. Photo by Lauren R. Giannini

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Horse Show

JulietThe North Reid: American Gung-HoRiders Group included about the Washington Guiding International Horse Show (WIHS) in their Top 25 Horse Shows for the second time in 2011.

ByWashington Lauren R. Giannini International into theWashington Future will have a strong future in the nation’s Juliet Reid is genetically capital. programmed for horses – “We made $780 last year,” and she loves them, but declared Juliet. “When I from a distance: “with my went on the board, we were feet safely on the ground!” losing about $300,000 a She grew up dividing her year. It’s very exciting. It time between school in New takes good people – we York City and Live Oak, have a lot of good people the Weber family’s farm in working together. Robert Ocala. Ridland and David Distler Her mother Charlotte came in to manage the Weber is a leading show – they’re a really Thoroughbred breeder, good pair. Tony Hitchcock trainer and owner. Juliet’s and I worked to get the fat sister Christina rode with out of it. He isn’t working on Don Stewart and her brother the show this year; but for Jay played polo; but now three years Tony lived with he’s more interested in us four to five days a week, Thoroughbreds and going Chester Weber, Juliet Reid, Laura Kraut and Anne Poulson, Board all year long. We do annual Photo by Rex Reed to the track with Charlotte. Member of Washington International Horse Show economic impact studies Juliet’s youngest sibling, and last year the total impact Chester competes internationally in combined driving and has of WIHS spending on the District’s economy was more than $8 won the four-in-hand National Combined Driving championship million dollars. My husband works in politics and knew how to eight times. Her father, Dr. John Weber, competes in the over 70 approach City Council. Now DC supports WIHS.” master class of Iron Man. It isn’t easy, putting together a show of this magnitude. Rent What Juliet does, with her feet on terra firma, is still very horsey. alone for the Verizon Center comes to half a million and it costs She oversees her daughter on the circuit: they had just returned another $100,000 for the city to close down the streets. Then, in mid August from the Young Rider tour in Europe. In 2007, she there are the costs of customizing the Verizon Center: the ice has became involved with Washington International Horse Show to be melted, dirt trucked in for the footing, hotel rooms secured when she joined the board. for the staff. Insurance, permits, awards, prize money, staff and After spending 2008 as elected treasurer, she found herself logistics add up. The operating budget alone runs three million voted in as president in dollars; but Juliet, her board December and stated: and all the people involved “The WIHS holds the are convinced that WIHS is distinction of being the well worth the expense. last of the classic, major “People have gotten metropolitan horse shows behind the show and each in the US and the pinnacle year more than 20,000 of the equestrian calendar. people attend WIHS,” said We are committed to the Juliet. “We get good crowds survival of this historical of 5,000 plus on Thursday, horse show and have a Friday and Saturday nights huge task before us. I am – that’s an extremely confident that we have the respectable audience for team assembled to make equestrian sport in this that happen.” country. The venue is really Juliet’s tenure has moved big, 17,000 seats. It would the show financially from be fabulous to find a venue the red to the black and with 5,000 seats; but it Presentation of the Presidents Cup to Nick Skelton (Juliet Reid far left) she is determined that Photo by Shawn McMillen Photography Continued on page 72 70 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 71 doesn’t exist in the District.” For the first time in 2011, WIHS offered live stream action, which got 130,000 hits for the week. Concerns that live stream would reduce live spectators were unfounded and WIHS announced that it will again offer live stream throughout the show’s six days from the website. Juliet spends a great deal of time at shows with Chloe, who recently turned 16. The big drawback to that, admitted Juliet, is the impact on her Washington social life where she could talk up the Washington International Horse Show. “I have good horse show contacts and the board has gotten stronger with hunter and jumper riders,” she said. “I’d like to see it stronger in the DC base. A day doesn’t go by that I’m not working on WIHS.” Recent improvements include hospitality guaranteed to please the most jaded show gypsies. The exhibitor’s hospitality schedule, Juliet in work mode, with Bridget Love Meehan. included in the prize list as a download from the WIHS site, begins Photo by Rex Reed with breakfast and offers food and snacks through the afternoon throughout the show’s run. People can buy hospitality wristbands for various parties and events. The food and bevies are top class and then, too, there’s all the action in the ring. “Last year we built a platform on the end of the ring so we can get hospitality closer to the ring – it sold out by June and this year we’re doing both ends with $25,000 tables,” said Juliet. “We provide really good hospitality at a major sporting event and sell it to horse people and to corporations in DC.” Juliet credits her family with why she’s doing such a good job with WIHS. “I come from a family of experts and what they taught me is that you don’t have all the answers and so you surround yourself with good people who love the sport,” she said. “Vicki (Victoria) Lowell is head of the marketing division for Animal Planet and she runs the PR for WIHS. Marc Oken is the treasurer – he was CFO at Bank of America. Bridget Love Meehan came on as executive director and this will be her second show. She was with Discovery Communications and has a very savvy marketing brain that isn’t all horses, which means that we can grow with greater appeal to people who enjoy attending all sorts of sporting and entertainment events.” Courting individual and corporate sponsorships helps to pay the overhead. Juliet and her team garnered Boeing as a sponsor and it has turned into a nifty deal on both sides. “We distribute tickets Sanzibar and Victoria Colvin were named the Grand Junior for the show free to military families through the Pentagon and Hunter Champions and Best Child Rider on a Horse at the 2011 various community organizations, courtesy of Boeing and other WIHS Photo by Shawn McMillen Photography. corporate sponsors,” said Juliet. “The military connection has been very successful for us. We also work with the DC public schools. We have discussed fancy bus service, so that people close to the beltway and out in Upperville or Warrenton can enjoy the show without driving.” Juliet revs up about two favorite subjects. WIHS: her biggest goal is to build up the board, she’s thrilled with the addition of the 3’3” amateur owner hunter division and the increase to 40 equitation riders for the WIHS Finals, how WIHS is alive and well and that they have a multi-year contract with the Verizon Center. Her daughter: in early August Chloe was High Junior/Amateur Jumper Champion at the Jumper Classic presented by Fidelity Investments and Audi of America and in their Grand Prix she had four faults for sixth place. Juliet’s active participation in Chloe’s showing bears witness to how much the non-rider loves competition. “But you couldn’t pay me to ride – I love horses, I love watching Chloe compete, I like to go to the track, I love the Washington International,” declared Juliet. Juliet’s presidency is a labor of love and it shows. Nick Skelton and Unique topped the seven foot wall to win the The Washington International Horse Show is October 23-28. $25,000 Puissance presented by The Boeing Company at last Visit their website at www.wihs.org. year’s WIHS Photo by Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. 72 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 73 The reunion of Opie and Michelle was videotaped. It’s on the website, along with press coverage of the miracle recovery. NetPosse works because of thousands of volunteers from every socio-economic background and career. In addition to law enforcement, there are people from news media, agricultural communities, urban, suburban – essentially, anyone who wants to get involved. Their commitment puts meaning into Debi’s favorite saying: never underestimate the power of one. The website has all sorts of resources. You can register your horse in the NetPosse Identification Program (NIP) and learn about microchips, freeze brands, lip tattoos, etc. There’s information about microchipping your own horse. You can download informative PDFs. “Quick Horse Theft Prevention Tips” offers an incredible list of ways to safeguard your animals, your tack and your home – worth reading whether you live in rural or urban circumstances for the clever security tips. “What do I do Now? Search and Recovery Action Plan” maps out from start to finish what to do, how to document and keep records in case you get your day in court, and much more. One of the testimonials to Debi on NetPosse states: “Not many people have the fortitude that it takes to do what you have done… Law Enforcement agencies all over the world are now turning to you to get information on stolen horses, trailers, saddles and… You have become, Debi, the NCIC of stolen horses and are well on your way, with your Micro-Chip I.D. program, to being the DMV of the horse world as well.” Lost and Found: Debi Metcalfe and Idaho – the theft of Idaho By the way, Idaho is now 27, living the good life with the was the catalyst behind the formation of NetPosse. Metcalfes. Photo by Sean Lyon “My office window faces the pasture where she is everyday,” said Debi. “I still have all the same horses, I still look out in the has been taken,” said Debi. “Of course, we realize it’s a horse, not morning to make sure they’re all there, especially the mostly white a child; but it’s a horrible feeling – that a creature you know, love one. Getting Opie back started with our miracle. We do it because and care for has been stolen out of the safety of your pasture. You we love horses.” feel violated, your life has been changed and you never really get over it. What you have to do is take it and turn it into a positive Visit www.netposse.com to learn more about the organization. thing.” That can mean wanting to confront the person who burgled your horse or pony, but that isn’t always possible. Debi and her crew consult with victims, direct the actions they take and calm them down when necessary. There are certain steps to follow. It’s important to know the different kinds of thefts and that the legal system is not perfect. “When the tip on Opie came in, Michelle had moved four times and basic searches on the Internet didn’t work,” said Debi. “Part of our network includes people in law enforcement, some of them are on our advisory board and all sorts of people always come through in a pinch. A private investigator in Florida located Michelle so that I was able to call and tell her that we found Opie. We’ve been doing this a long time and there’s a difference between criminal and civil theft. I double checked and I got all the pieces and put them in a box and gave them to law enforcement.” Debi also contacted the Texas Ranger who had been assigned to the case. The background she offered piqued his interest. He went with a Dayton County Sheriff’s Department Deputy to the address where Opie was living and they seized the horse. “It was a real pleasure to work with Jimmy Belt and Missy Watson – they went that night and called me at 2 a.m. to let me know that they had Opie on the trailer,” recalled Debi. “Then I felt sad because the woman who had Opie for sale – her intentions were pure, she wanted to find a good home for the horse – she was a victim, too. She didn’t expect someone to knock on her door in the middle of the night and take that horse away from her. I’m in the middle and see both sides. These recoveries are bittersweet. I’ve never forgotten that I took Idaho away from a 10 year old child. It’s a Debi – the voice behind NetPosse. Approximately 42-52% of heartbreaker for both sides and it’s a hard thing to do; but it’s the the horses reported missing annually have been found through right thing, to restore the stolen horse to the owner.” NetPosse. Photo by Michelle Gordon

74 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 75 Top pony riders Maddie Schafer and Yasmin Rizvi enjoy some Swingtown, winner of the Medium Pony under saddle. mints after the Medium Pony Hunters.

Roxbury, owned by Peacock Ridge, was decorated for Frosted (Medium Green Champion) Hi Lite (Grand Overall winning Champion of the Medium Pony Hunter, best Virginia Champion) stand together while waiting for the parade of Bred Pony and best Half Welsh Bred Pony. champions. Both ponies were ridden by Maddie Schafer.

Large Regular Pony Champion For The Laughter and Meredith Darst. Lucy Deslauriers, winner of the pony medal. 76 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 77 July 2007, Clipper age one month with his mother Periwinkle on Chincoteague Island after being trailered across the causeway. Photo by Lida Bard

Lida and Clipper, age 5, practicing for his Combined test in the summer of 2012. Photo by Brian Allenby Fall 2007, Clipper comes home! Lida leading Clipper, age 5 months, off the trailer. Photo by Lida Bard

About the writer: Lida Bard is 21 years old and going into her senior year at Elon University in Burlington, North Carolina where she is majoring in Creative Writing. When she’s not in class she’s usually at the barn and this year Clipper is going to school with her. She’s been riding since she was eight years old and rated through her C-1 in Pony Club before deciding to focus all her time on eventing. Lida hopes to work hard on Clipper’s flat work and maybe school some cross-country this year while at college. She’s also hopeful that it won’t be very long before he makes his eventing debut!

The famous Chincoteague pony swim, July 2007. Photo by Nick Bard

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The 35th Annual Traders Point Hunt Charity Horse Show was held at beautiful Wild Air Farms in Zionsville, Indiana. The Funpopular, festive and show is located Festivities amid a spectacular backdrop of 250 acres of Indiana hills and woods. Every year, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, owner of Wild Air Farms, invites exhibitors to enjoy inthe trails Indiana that wind around the breathtaking property. The show offers top prize money with two Grand Prix events and a USHJA International Hunter Derby. Exhibitors at Traders Point enjoyed fun family activities and events while participating in a competitive, high-quality show.

Kelley Farmer and Taken, owned by Jessica Stitt, won the $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby. Photo by Sue Weakley

Taylor Land and Jay Land’s Nepal took the conservative approach to win the $60,000 Grand Prix of Indianapolis. Photo by Sue Weakley FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 81 STALLION DIRECTORY

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FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 83 84 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 85 86 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 87 e Louise in her bright and airy studio filled with tables of oil pastels. Notice the great paintings hanging on the walls. ArtCover Story That Makes You Smile By Jan Westmark-Allan that shows a naughty pony chasing a rooster. The painting makes me smile. “In real life, the hen went for him, flew up on his back he first thing I notice when I walked into Louise Mellon’s and gave him what for as he galloped across the paddock,” Louise sunny art studio in Aiken, South Carolina, is that it makes says with a laugh. “Cheering people up is so important. Life is too Tme smile. The walls are covered with Louise’s vivid precious not to smile.” artwork – from traditional pieces that take your breath away to the If there is anyone who knows how precious life can be, it is quirky ones like her “Olympic Show Bull Jumping” painting that Louise. As a passenger in a carriage ride in Maine in 2000, she causes you to not only smile, but chuckle out loud. was thrown head first into a stone wall at high speed. She suffered Louise is a well known equestrian artist and a long time friend multiple broken bones, underwent four surgeries and incurred of Sidelines Magazine. I was fortunate to be able to visit her farm brain trauma, which brought on early onset Essential Tremor. while in Aiken and was delighted to meet the person behind the art. While Louise has recovered from the accident, the Essential I was also enchanted by her studio, where all the magic happens. Tremor left her with hands that shake – a recipe for disaster for Louise’s studio is a welcome spot for people and animals alike an artist that makes her living creating with her hands. “I can’t not and her Corgi, Ruffles, roams freely while a parade of Shetland paint or create, it’s genetic and pre-programmed into me,” Louise Ponies, chickens and pigs (the big ones, not the pot-bellied explained, adding that before the accident she created jewelry version) walk past the giant windows. It isn’t unusual to find her and highly detailed paintings. “Now, because I can’t control my pony, Little Richard, in the studio posing as a “live” subject, either. hands, I have switched to pastels or oil pastels, which is kind of In the barn across the courtyard, Louise’s two handsome grey like using crayons.” Connemara ponies, Linus and Lance, also provide inspiration for Louise demonstrates how she has to brace her arm to paint her artwork. now. While her style has changed, her creative spirit and love For an artistic person like Louise, the studio is all about creating of art – passed down from her family – remains. Louise grew art that can make someone smile. “It’s such a dire time for so up in Middleburg, Virginia in a family of artists. “All the women many people and if I can bring a smile to people than it makes it in my family are professional artists. My mother is 95 and still in worth it. I paint to cheer people up and I love it when they ‘get’ my business. We have great work ethics and creativity is what keeps art,” Louise said. What Louise wants people to get is the humor us going,” she said. in her paintings. “My favorite thing to paint is humor and animals. While visiting a friend in Aiken in 1999, Louise did the unexpected People always ask me where my ideas come from and the answer and on her third day in town she bought a house. Now named is that I’ve always seen the twist in everything. Plus I have real Unbridled Farm, she is quick to point out that the house was a life inspiration such as the time a hen was attacking one of my horrible mess. “It took three years to bring it back. I added the barn Connemaras.” and the studio. I love coming into this studio to work.” Louise points to a painting on the wall called “Barnyard Mayhem” Louise isn’t the only one who gets to use the studio. In keeping 88 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE Linus and Lance, Louise’s Connemara Ponies, are often the inspiration for her art.

Louise’s Corgi, Ruffles, holds down the fort in the studio. The painting above Ruffles, on the left, is one of Louise’s fun paintings and features a Corgi jumping into a pool, ridden by a small cowboy. Perhaps Ruffles was the inspiration. with her generous nature, Louise loans out her studio to other artists and organizations. “Everything in the studio is on rollers and I can move it all out of the way or upstairs. Charitable organizations can come in and use my studio for events and one month out of the year I am the den mother for four different artists from the American Academy of Equine Art in Kentucky. Each artist uses my studio for one week.” Louise generously agreed to create a painting for the cover of this Sidelines art issue and during my visit she showed me the painting and talked about it. It’s an Olympic themed painting that pays tribute to all of the horses from the United States who participated in the Games and I smile when I notice that the horse’s hooves are painted red, white and blue. “I do my art for myself but I also do it to make people smile.” Louise has certainly achieved her goal – and along the way created beautiful work that will cause smiles for generations to come. To see more of Louise Mellon’s artwork, visit her website at www.louisemellon.com. “Barnyard Mayhem” is a painting inspired by a real life experience on Louise’s farm. Photos: All photos by Jan Westmark-Allan Digital print courtesy of Louise Mellon. FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 89 90 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 91 e PortraitsArtist Profile and Passion

Sally Phillips-Buffington Photo by Jim Stoner

displayed a few of her paintings at a local art show, hoping to sell one. Instead, she came away with 35 deposits for commissioned paintings. “I didn’t even know how much to charge,” said Sally. “I was trying to figure it out as I went.” As her work was featured in magazines and prominently displayed in public places, requests for portraits poured in. She worked on them constantly; but still felt like there was something missing. Sally decided that something was her horses. “I didn’t have Sally Phillips-Buffington’s time for my horses,” she said. “I was so busy with portraits.” Award winning painting, Sally decided to take a hiatus from portraiture and became a “The Sentinel.” 25 x 37 USEA Certified Instructor. Her new path gave her the time she framed, $5,000 needed to teach, ride and compete. She devoted herself fully to her horses, setting aside art entirely to concentrate on her equestrian career. By Abby Westmark Like so many other horsewomen, Sally’s passion can be traced back as far as she can remember. “When I was little, I would or Sally Phillips-Buffington, art is a way of life. A former pray for a horse,” said Sally. “Finally my parents told me that portrait artist and lifelong equestrienne, Sally is now they couldn’t buy me a horse because we didn’t have anywhere Ftaking on the world of equine art one stride at a time. to keep it. After that I started praying for a pasture.” “My first love was always horses,” said Sally. “My second was Although she’d had equine companions for many years, Sally’s art.” Sally, who graduated from the Mississippi University for prayers for a pasture finally came true. She and her husband Women with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts, has made both of her moved to just outside Madison, Georgia, onto what she refers to passions into her professions. As a professional portrait artist as her “little bit of heaven.” Sally has many notable works, including being commissioned by “When we walked onto the property, I looked at the realtor and the American Red Cross to paint a portrait of General Norman told her ‘this is where I’m going to live,’” Sally said, of the land H. Schwarzkopf, commander of the Coalition Forces in the Gulf that now holds her three stall barn. “We built the barn first and War, the official portraits of the mayors of her former hometown in lived in the living quarters above it until the house was done.” San Antonio, Texas and a spread in Southern Living Magazine. Sally has been training students out of her house full time; Sally began her portraiture career entirely by accident. She but her last committed rider is going off to college this fall. “I’m

92 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE A work in progress: Sally is currently working on this painting

This piece, by Sally Phillips- Buffington, is called “Mutual Trust,” and is part of the private collection of Dr. Leslie Robinson getting back into art,” said Sally. “But not portraiture, I want to look at something and say ‘I’ve just got to paint that.’” Although Sally will still teach clinics and part time students, she’s looking forward to having time to pursue both of her passions again. Of course, art is more than just a hobby or a profession; it’s Sally’s way of giving back to her community. She loves donating her artwork to charities and participates in a program where she sells the rights to prints of her artwork to fund scholarships for students in need. In Sally’s art, you can see her love of both of her professions - a passion for both medium and subject is visible in every brush stroke and her beautiful representations seem alive enough to get up and walk away. As Sally said, “it’s in my blood.” “Like” us on Facebook Visit our website at www.sidelinesnews.com FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 93 94 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 95 eEuropean Connection Heather Jansch

“Boys on the Beach” – a driftwood sculpture by Heather Jansch Driftwood Sculptor Extraordinaire

By Maria Wynne Heather Jansch’s Diary: A Life in the Year of...an artist’s diary. Sidelines’ Writer from across the Pond You can buy it online from her site: www.heatherjansch.com.

Heather Jansch is a UK artist based in Devon. From the You describe your first thunderbolt moment as occurring beginning, her twin passions were drawing and horses. She was when you were walking along the beach and saw some a pony mad country girl; but her hero was Leonardo da Vinci and driftwood. This gave you the inspiration to pursue your art in her dreams were of becoming an international artist who lived this format. What is it about wood specifically? Is it because among wooded foothills with clear flowing water at the door and it was once a living breathing thing? horses grazing all around. Wood, even when it is long dead, retains a sense of life, people Heather went to Walthamstow College to study visual art. talk about the living breathing quality of ‘real wood.’ Driftwood has There, drawing was regarded as the first essential. Heather something extra, it has come across the ocean, there is an added was enthralled and excelled then went on to the now famous life to it, a journey that we can only guess at, a mystery therefore. Goldsmiths College in London where the tutors did not share her I was working on a small horse using copper wire and it lacked vision and after a year she left. With her confidence shattered the power I was looking for. My son Kieron chopped up a piece of Heather sought the advice of Arthur Giadelli, who encouraged her ivy that had grown round a long since decomposed fence post, to to continue painting. use as kindling to light our woodburner. This left behind a section He told Heather to go and look at a hedge and draw not what that to me resembled and reminded me of the torso of a horse she saw but draw what made a thorn a thorn and to never stop and it was the right size to fit into the sculpture. That was the working with horses but find a way to make them hers. Heather true ‘Eureka’ moment. My work had suddenly gained a force, an says, “I am forever in his debt.” authenticity that I had never seen before. Where could I get more? Heather continued to experiment whilst painting commissioned Where had I seen shapes like this before? Those questions led oils. Then out of the blue ‘it’ came in on the tide. Driftwood. It was me to the beach and to driftwood. like a thunderbolt and finally she was ready to show her work to the world. It was driftwood horses. In 2000 Heather was invited to Do you gather the wood randomly, or does a particular take part in ‘The Shape of The Century’ - 100 years of sculpture piece of wood, it’s shape, its contours prompt an idea for a in Britain alongside such luminaries as Henry Moore, Barbara sculpture? Hepworth, Elizabeth Frink, Anish Kapoor, Anthony Gormley and I no longer gather wood myself, I have a small army of people David Nash. who help. Some are paid and some are volunteers who give time The rest is history and for a fuller account you will have to wait because they are passionate about collecting it but have no idea for her autobiography. If you can’t wait for that try the first book: of how to use it and end up with bulging garages and threats from 96 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE Heather has the ability to make her driftwood sculptures come to Heather with Ra Ra and Riverdance life, including this driftwood sculpture called “Apollo.” their long suffering partners. I take everything offered. It becomes And how would your enemy describe you? a sculpture, fuel or compost. I can only guess since I am not sure who they are; but let’s say poorly educated, arrogant, selfish, intolerant, deranged, You have an unusual surname Jansch, the same as the unpredictable…my friends might agree with some of those legendary guitarist Bert Jansch who you speak of. I have descriptions. to ask was he your husband or your father? (Sorry if I am intruding.) Finally, I love that you are so direct and have followed your Bert was the love of my life, my husband, father of my child own path so I can ask you this question. What do you think and one of my greatest teachers. We married in his heyday and of the young arm of equestrian society that identifies itself by separated amicably. I survived our separation by turning my the identical clothes and essential labels/uniform that they attention to developing my own career. He was always interested wear? in seeing how it developed and I continued to do the odd album If you think about it most societies identify themselves by cover for him. In due course I will publish my personal tribute some sort of fashion, people that stand out from the crowd are a to him, which will contain some of his previously unpublished rarity and seldom popular. I have no idea what the young arm of material. equestrian society wears or gets up to, I guess most of them are usually active and therefore not given to obesity. I hope they love Everyone has a Top Ten List of Hates. What are yours? (I their horses, hope they place them before themselves, hope they have a total loathing for polyester, footballers, so-called are not cruel or neglectful, hope they enjoy their youth and riding reality stars and wire coat hangers.) and are truly aware of their privileges. You are surely not serious? Ten? Slack grammar and spelling, duplicity, bigotry, people who can’t be bothered to look up the Photos: All photos courtesy of Heather Jansch difference in the dictionary despite the miracle of the Internet and spell checks. Waste. Greed. Fast food. Self-regard. Trashy television. Dumming down of all sorts. Adverts.

What would your best friend say about you? (I have to say that my best friends are my four year old son and a small dog called Oscar. Neither of them are that great at stringing sentences together.) I am really lucky in that I have a good number of very close long term friends. Having taken a census, the answer is that I listen, keep confidence, shoot from the hip, am always ready to The sweetness of a mare and a foal: Heather named this apologize and cannot keep from driftwood piece “Nightmare and Daydream.” laughing at myself. FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 97 98 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE eArt French Artist Wins Andalusian and Lusitano Art Contest By Kay Laake

Renowned equine artist Frédérique “Freddie” Lavergne, of Bayonne France, won the International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association’s (IALHA) art contest and her work “Amazone” will be featured on the cover of their 2012 National Championship Show and Foundation Celebration program cover. Freddie is a renowned equine artist with works in many museums and exhibitions throughout the world. With a father who rode and a mother who designed, Freddie was born into a world inhabited by horses and fashion sketches. Before she could speak, drawing pictures became her language. Her family would visit their horses at Rambouillet forest near Paris and the young artist would stay near the stable while her parents rode, learning to draw horses. “I paint horses first because I feel a strong link to them,” she said. “When I paint I am absent from this world. I don’t talk a lot and I realized very young that horses talk with their soul. I find them beautiful, of course, but I am fascinated by their powerful soul, by their generosity to humans. They have a symbolic force and, from my convictions, they are able to go from one world to another, from our human world to the one of invisible. That’s why they help us to know who we are.” Through the IALHA’s art contest, Freddie’s work will be included in an online auction designed to showcase and promote her talent while helping raise funds to help support the IALHA. The opportunity to bid on “Amazone” is available at www.IALHA.org. To see more of her work, visit www.frederiquelavergne.com. “Amazone” by Frédérique Lavergne, of Bayonne France.

FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 99 eArtist Tribute A Tribute to Artist Lynn Carlisle 1944 - 2012 Throughout Lynn Carlisle’s life, painting and drawing were a source of solace, joy and accomplishment feeding her generous, warm spirit, which she shared with her daughters. From a young age, Lynn quickly became a skilled equestrian and an artist. Born in Chicago, she later moved to Cincinnati and went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic de- sign, from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. This set the prece- dence for her lifelong career in artistic brilliance. After her daughters were grown, she settled in Aiken, South Carolina. This presented the opportunity to get back to her real ar- tistic passion and make her mark in the art world. Lynn’s work was primarily watercolor or oil on linen; it included beloved portraits of dogs and horses by commission, as well as items held in private collections in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Lynn prided herself on capturing not only the image of her sub- ject, but most importantly the personality. She would explain, “If I don’t catch the dog’s soul, if I don’t feel a connection, I can’t do the painting.” Lynn painted portraits of many Aiken equine and canine resi- dents including Dogwood Stable’s racehorse, Summer Squall, winner of the Preakness Stakes and Aiken Namon, the lead hound from the Aiken Hounds pack that won the 2007 national Centennial Foxhounds Performance Trials. To learn more about Lynn Carlisle and view more of her work, please visit www.lynncarlisle.com

Jack Russell Terrier – Jasmine

Lynn with her daughters Natalie Polo Pony – Perla and Katie

Iroquois Dawn

Botswana Babies 100 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 101 102 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 103 104 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 105 e Young,Artist Profile Talented and Going Places By Abby Westmark Lindsay and her My first impression of Lindsay Zeltzer was not horse Molly of her as an artist, an equestrian, or a student, although she is all of the above. It was of a kindred spirit. Lindsay, 25, is on the fast track to success - she recently finished a series of nine commissioned pieces for the Wellington Regional Medical Center’s new Alan B. Miller Pavilion in Wellington, Florida. A graduate of Florida State University’s philosophy program, she is now working on a secondary bachelor’s degree in Illustration at Savannah College of Art and Design. When I called Lindsay to interview her, I was expecting a serious, straightforward conversation about her art. Instead, we spent over an hour giggling like schoolgirls about classic rock, the antics of our favorite equines and college life in general. I asked Lindsay, a native of Lake Worth, Florida, what she liked the most about going to SCAD and what it was like to be an undergraduate the second time around. “Georgia is such a change of pace, but it’s great. South Florida is so fast-paced, so I really get to slow down when I’m at school, even though there’s a lot of work. My professors are awesome. I’m always learning something. You never really stop learning.” Lindsay’s talent was chosen for the Pavilion’s artwork when the Medical Center’s CEO Jerel Humphrey stopped by marketing director Marsha Israel’s desk to discuss the hospital’s expansion. “I have a series of notecards with a previous equine series on them and she had them on her desk,” explained Lindsay. “The CEO saw them and contacted me because they were looking for a local artist.” Although that’s quite a stroke of luck, it comes as no surprise - Lindsay’s work does an excellent job of embodying the quintessential Wellington spirit. The series, nine 12”x12” paintings, represent scenes familiar to everyone in the Wellington equestrian industry. Covering a range of disciplines, they capture dressage, polo, show jumping and even the Budweiser Clydesdales, set against South Florida’s iconic palm trees and blue skies. The works, which are to be permanent fixtures in the new Pavilion’s “sophisticated-funky” decor, will be featured in the lobby and reception area as a tribute to Wellington’s equine soul. “I’m so excited to get such an opportunity,” said Lindsay. “It’s a huge honor.” The Grand Opening of the Pavilion is scheduled for Wednesday, October 3rd. Lindsay will, of course, be in attendance. Lindsay’s artwork has been featured on the cover of the Sidelines Barn Book, the Colored Pencil Society of America’s 17th Annual International Exhibit and at a number of street painting festivals.

Photos: All photos/artwork courtesy of Lindsay Zeltzer

106 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 107 108 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 109 110 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 111 “The Olympic Horses” - e Tom’s two large horses were featured beside the last cross-country fence at European Connection the Olympics in Greenwich

Tom Hill From Horseshoes to Olympic Horses

By Maria Wynne course for the Olympics) approached me whilst I was exhibiting Sidelines’ Writer from across the Pond at Burghley Horse Trials in 2010. We started talking and a few ideas were mentioned. A few months and one hundred emails om Hill is a self-taught sculptor based in Hertfordshire in later the design was finalized: Two life size eventing horses the UK and for the last six years has been working with jumping towards a large horseshoe. The fence was later called Trecycled horseshoes to create life size animal sculptures. “The Olympic Horses” and it was to be the final fence. Tom utilizes a gas forge, anvil and hammer as well as various The horses took six weeks each to create, with the second taking welding techniques to heat and shape the horseshoes to create slightly longer as I wanted them to be as similar to each other as his sculptures. possible. After the eventing the horses were moved outside to the Tom specializes in equine works but has also created a wide front of the Queen’s house in Greenwich Park for the remainder range of sculptures such as hedgehogs, squirrels, ducks, herons, of the Olympics. On August 17th I will take ownership of them swans, pigs, hares, badgers, different breeds of dogs, lions, again. The horses will then be auctioned off at Summer Place cheetahs, stags, camels, horses and elephants, all of which are Auctions in conjunction with Sotheby’s Garden Statuary Auction life size. at Billingshurst on October 23rd. During May 2006, Tom exhibited at the Living Crafts at Hatfield House from which he received many orders and commissions You have said you would love to find a dream location for a including one from Lady Salisbury (from Hatfield House) for 30 foot high creation of yours. two life sized elephants for her husband’s birthday. These were The dream of a 30 foot high horse is currently becoming closer delivered in September 2006 and are now on display with their to a reality and is under discussion with a client in the United new baby elephant in their private garden at Hatfield House. They States. It is still in the early stages of discussion but I am hopeful were featured on BBC London News. that we will be able to pull it off. To date, much of Tom’s work has been sold internationally with pieces going as far as America and Canada. Tom has an ambition Any dream commissions? to create a 30 foot rearing horse made from horseshoes; but he is I always have a number of dream commissions going through just looking for the right place for it to be exhibited. To see more of my head and once I have achieved one I am straight onto the next Tom’s work, visit www.tomhillsculpture.co.uk. one. As long as I can, I will always be trying to think of my next At the time of the interview, a very obliging Tom was sipping a sculpture. I have an ever growing list of ideas, plans and sketches beer in South Croatia. He was supposed to be relaxing on holiday. of sculptures which I WILL eventually get round to making as soon as I can make some time for myself. A huge example of your spectacular work was featured beside the last cross-country fence at the Olympics in What has been your favourite piece of work? Greenwich. How did this come about? That is a tough one. I definitely enjoy creating the larger pieces Sue Benson and Jonathon Clissold from London Eventing (the more than the smaller ones. I love throwing myself into a two or company in charge of designing and constructing the cross-county Continued on page 114 112 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 113 Tom stands in front of his magnificent creation of Pegasus Tom’s talent seen in a 10-foot rearing stallion three month sculpture. I am currently working on a large Hereford in the UK) ever enquired about something made from the Bull sculpture that is slowly growing into my favourite piece as I shoes of Denman, Kauto Star and other stable legends? get nearer to completing it. I love watching the larger pieces grow I have created sculptures for some very successful trainers over a number of weeks from a pile of rusty horseshoes into a and yards over the last couple of years but not for one particular recognizable beast. famous horse yet. It would definitely be something that I would love to do. Have you ever created something and then been unable to part with it? (Depends on how much it was worth I suppose I have seen, admired and breathed over your work at - being realistic!) Burghley Horse Trials. How much money would I need to I have. In fact, I feel that with all of my sculptures. If at the end of have to buy a standard piece? An off the shelf item and how a project I don’t want to call the client and say “I’m keeping it” then much could I expect to be charged for a commission? I feel that I have failed as an artist. I am my own best and worst To be honest, I’ve been so busy over the last year that critic and if I’m not happy with it, the sculpture won’t go out of my I don’t have a single sculpture in stock. Everything is made to studio doors until I am happy with it. It is not so much about the commission, which is good in some ways because I can give the monetary value of the piece so much, as what the piece is worth customer exactly what they are looking for. to me and how much time I have put into it. I work on every piece Price wise, for an average size dog sculpture you’re looking thinking this may be the last time I get to create this particular at around £600-£800. ($740 to $985 US dollars.) For horses, a animal, so I strive to make it the best I can. life-size sculpture would start at around £10,000 ($12,000 US dollars) and go up depending on breed, size, stance and finish of Where do you get all the horseshoes from or are they just the desired horse. from a regular wholesaler? All of the horseshoes I use have been used and worn. I get Have you ever turned down a piece of work? them from local farriers who bring them to me. I am very lucky in I have only turned down one sculpture, which was of a mermaid the fact that my studio is based on my parents livery yard where and it was quite early in my career. I just didn’t think I could do there are about 80-90 horses. So there is always an abundance the piece justice for the budget set by the client. I would love the of used shoes. opportunity again to create a mermaid to be able to say that I finally did it. We’ll see if I get the time (unlikely) then I willjust Have you ever been asked to create a piece out of the used make her for myself. shoes/plates of famous horses? For example has anyone like Paul Nicholls (Champion National Hunt/Steeplechase Trainer Continued on page 116 114 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 115 A live dachshund looks a little surprised to see his horseshoe counterpart After the Olympic cross-country course was dismantled, You began this extraordinary career at the age of 21. Tom’s Olympic horses stood proudly in front of the People with such an immense and unique talent as yourself Queen’s house. have normally spent some time in bit of a career wilderness. What was yours? I don’t know if you could call my job history a wilderness; but I I have never ridden myself but have been brought up around had a few day jobs after I left school, which in turn lead me to my horses. I have an identical twin brother who used to compete in work now. I left school after ‘A’ levels, chose not to go to University Three Day Eventing to a high standard so I was always around and went and got a ‘Real’ job. I worked as a delivery driver, in a horses. I am very lucky with the location of my studio in the way bar, a builders yard and then for an audiovisual company. That that I can always go and look at a variety of horses from different was fine for a year or so then I got fed up working for someone angles to help with the anatomy of my work. else. So I decided that the bigger picture was for me to work for myself and I would therefore then be the person to get the most How would your best friend or family members describe out of it. you? (My best friend is a dog called Oscar so there is not an awful lot I could say to this in your shoes - no pun intended.) And what was the thought process that led you to think My friends would describe me as very work orientated, especially “Aha, I know, I will sculpt with shoes.” since I have worked for most of my week off here in Croatia. I am I always enjoyed welding and fabricating and with my workshop also very easy going but have my eyes set on my career goals. being on the livery yard there was an abundance of horseshoes. For my parents 25th wedding anniversary my twin brother and I Photos: All photos courtesy of Tom Hill decided to make a horse for them. It was something that we had always talked about doing. People seeing the horse displayed on About the Writer: Maria Wynne, Sidelines’ UK writer, has spent her entire life the yard then started to ask what else we could make. The rest with horses and her family background is steeped in them. She says, “I have been is history. on both sides of the fence as it were. As a competitor and rider and working within the industry/trade itself. I particularly love writing and observing and have had the privilege to have met and spent time with some of the most amazing horsemen and Do you ride yourself? Your work shows such an women on the planet and on both sides of the Atlantic. I am the proud (single) Mum understanding of the movement and anatomy of the horse that of the most adorable son age 4, who is named after the 2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup Winner. (Yep, I love racing, too) Two dogs, a Jug called Oscar and a chocolate there must be a deeply entrenched love of them somewhere dapple miniature dachshund called Daisy. The Office Manager is a leopard tortoise in your background. called Dr. Gonzo.”

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116 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 117 ePony Power iJump From Summer Camp to Pony Finals

By Lauren R. Giannini

The athletic gray pony caught Mindy Coretz’s eye in the summer of 2011 when she was a counselor at the Aspen, Colorado camp she had attended as a kid. He had a little too much motor for the job description, he was green and he presented different problems to different level riders; but she just knew that he was a diamond in the rough. “I thought the pony would make a really good project for my sister Amy,” recalled Mindy. “He had the most impressive natural jumping form I’ve ever seen.” Mindy returned home and persuaded her mother Kim and sister Amy to try the pony before they headed to the Pony Finals. Her family lives in Oklahoma, but summers in Aspen, so they were already near the barn. Mindy, 19, is not only a jumper rider, she is an organizer: she had plans for that pony. “I warned Amy that the pony was way hotter than anything she had ridden; but he had a lovely natural lead change on the flat,” said Mindy. “I set some little jumps and they jumped it nice and he tootled away. Then I built a combination, oxer to vertical and the first time he came through too fast and ate the second one. Amy worked him from 2’3” to 3’6” and he was great. We took him with us to Kentucky. He was a wreck, rearing in the cross-ties, pawing in the stall.” Their trainer was not totally convinced that the gray was a good idea: he was “just a pony jumper” until the Coretz girls took him to Ocala in February. “In Ocala, iJump was cleaning up, winning classes of 40 at Level 0s and 1s against horses and professionals, our trainer Amy Coretz, Libby Barrow of Farewell Farm, in Oklahoma, who was riding him, hunter rider who thinks the world of him,” recalled Mindy. “My sister Amy came to also enjoys doing Ocala and she said, “I really hate the jumpers.” I said, he doesn’t derbies and the move well and he goes too fast for the hunters. My sister said, medal classes; but “No, we’ll make him a hunter.” And that’s what we did.” doesn’t think she’ll When they put iJump into a plain D snaffle, he poked his nose ever be a serious out, acted happy and cantered slowly, jumping everything in the jumper rider and hunter ring. He ended up teaching lesson kids, showing in pony iJump, a medium hunters, equitation and jumpers. Amy and Mindy tell a funny story who’s super – about one of iJump’s jumper rounds. He never touched a rail, but whatever you ask in one class, ridden by Hunter Holloway who had jacked up her him to do. irons as she was a bit tall for a medium, he had one rail. When Photo by Mindy Coretz Hunter rode out, she said that wasn’t his rail, it was hers: she had commuting there with their mother from Thursday to Sunday and hit it with her own foot. then back to Oklahoma to attend school for the first half of the “iJump rises to the occasion every time,” said Mindy, who’s week. understandably pleased with herself for discovering him. But it’s iJump has developed a following at Farewell Farm in Tulsa, Amy who insisted last March that the pony convert to the hunters. Oklahoma. It seems that everyone has gotten attached to him: “I kind of like taking it slow, I’ve always been a hunter person – I “He’s so much fun – he’s been a real pleasure,” said Mindy. The don’t think I’ll ever be serious about jumpers,” admitted Amy, 15. fact that the pony was bought as a resale project didn’t go over “He has a great jump, he’s super brave and I used him in Pony well with students, boarders and assistant trainer/barn manager Medals. In one year, he went from being a camp pony to qualifying Tiffany George, who got up a petition to keep iJump in the barn. for Pony Finals. We knew hunters wouldn’t be his specialty at “That pony is very loved by everyone at the barn,” said Amy. Finals. He finished 20th in the top tier of the Medium Green Pony “Mindy was teaching at camp and she fell in love with him. I love Hunters. He’s now ranked 12th nationally out of 147 ponies.” him; but I think it will be really fun to see him with some other kid.” Many of his points came from showing in Denver where he was iJump: medium green pony hunter, unknown breeding, low champion every weekend. During the winter circuit, the Coretz mileage with lots of seasons left, experienced in hunters, derbies, sisters show in Ocala at least four, sometimes six weeks or more, jumpers and eq, businesslike in the ring, forgiving – a real winner.

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FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 119 An Amazing Day at the Equestrian Big Top

By Cecilia Lang-Ree The Cavalia performances The touring equestrian show Cavalia, has been thrilling horse are technical, and non-horse people alike with its amazing equestrianism, breathtaking and so when Cavalia opened a new show in San Jose, California, entertaining. Sidelines held a contest to “discover” a reporter who could attend Photo courtesy of the event. Cecilia Lang-Ree might only be a 17-year-old high Cavalia school student; but horses and writing are in her blood - so we sent her to the Cavalia Media Event. Enjoy Cecilia’s great adventure at Cavalia and then look for the show at a venue near you – you won’t be disappointed. It was a stunning day in July as I drove up the long avenue, following the little signs that pointed me closer and closer to a gleaming white complex. The sight of tents silhouetted against the sky is not entirely new for me; I’ve seen my fair share of circuses. As soon as I opened my car door, however, it became apparent that this would be completely different from any performance I’d been to - I could already smell the horses. Cavalia, the touring equestrian show conceived by Normand Latourelle, the founder of Cirque du Soleil, was about to open in San Jose, California. In a large lot, a mobile equestrian center had sprung up like magic, complete with enormous trailers, portable paddock fencing, and - yes - manure piles. After checking in at the bustling media tent - (“Cecilia Lang-Ree, with Sidelines Magazine!”) - I had just enough time to help myself to some chocolate strawberries before heading to the theater. I took my first row seat in the media section as the lights dimmed and Mr. Latourelle welcomed the crowd, introducing his cast of 31 artists and 49 horses. Cavalia is a touring equestrian show Cavalia celebrates the timeless bond between man and horse conceived by Normand Latourelle the across all cultures and everything in the show reflected this founder of Cirque du Soleil. purpose. From trick riders hurtling across the stage with flashy Photo courtesy of Cavalia Paints to classical dressage riders on stunning Baroque breeds, I made my way to where trick rider Spencer Litwack stood with no aspect of equestrianism was left behind. her mount Tad, a flashy Quarter Horse. As Tad snuggled in her The people of Cavalia were just as highly trained as the horses arm, snuffling at her sparkly velvet costume, she explained the and I found myself most entertained when the acrobats worked in rider’s involved role with their horse from the beginning of its sync with the equines. As aerialists twirled, suspended over the training. Through Ms. Litwack’s description, I got the impression stage, dressage horses and riders moved gracefully underneath that despite their unusual “job,” Cavalia horses have a remarkably them, mirroring the acrobats. The sheer athleticism of all the normal life – they are worked in the round pen, turned out and performers was awe inspiring - I had trouble taking my eyes off cared for by the show’s traveling farrier and vet techs. the performance to write notes! As both a rider and “theater kid,” I Scratching Tad’s impeccably groomed neck, I could not help was struck by the ingenuity of the Cavalia producers that bridged but feel inspired not only by the magic of Cavalia’s performance; these domains to create a performance high in quality of riding but by the bond I had seen between horse and rider at every and performance. moment in the show. My afternoon at Cavalia was an escape to After the preview, I spotted Benjamin Aillaud, the equestrian a surreal, beautiful world; but it was also a shining example of director for Cavalia. I introduced myself, and upon mentioning honest horsemanship and true equestrianism. that I was writing for an equestrian magazine, Mr. Aillaud began to gush, explaining at great length and detail his philosophies of For more information on Cavalia, visit their website at horsemanship. Mr. Aillaud knew everything about his horses’ care www.cavalia.net. – right down to the footing (which is, in fact, a unique blend that he created!) I was impressed by his description of the Cavalia horses’ About the writer: Cecilia lives in Los Gatos, California and has been cross-training regimens, which include at liberty work and jumping riding since she was six years old. She currently rides with Avalon Hunter/ gymnastics to produce versatile horses at their athletic and mental Jumpers and is having the time of her life with Holly, an affectionate, peaks – it was refreshing to meet a rider who draws inspiration sarcastic and athletic Oldenburg mare. The two ride Hunters and Equitation from the best parts of every discipline. and love hanging out with their awesome barn “family.” 120 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE BARNS / FARMS / TRAINERS / CLUBS DIRECTORY Go to www.sidelinesnews.com for active links to Barns, Farms, Trainers and Clubs websites as shown below. ALABAMA LADY JEAN RANCH SANTA BARBARA Fifty Rideable Acres POLO CLUB Covered Arena with Mirrors 8, 12, 20 Goal Seasons FOX LAKE FARM Boarding Annual & Seasonal Club League Polo - Apr-Oct Allison Majerik Black 10333 Randolph Siding Road Call Ariana, GM (805) 684-6683 and Mark Tompkins Jupiter, FL 33478 www.sbpolo.com Hunters/Jumpers/Equitation/Ponies (561) 745-1300 www.ljrelite.com Birmingham, AL (205) 991-0624 www.foxlakefarm.com M&M SHOW STABLES WILL ROGERS POLO CLUB Hunter - Jumper - Dressage Felice Densa – General Manager Boarding - Training - Sales April - September FLORIDA Boynton Beach, FL (310) 573-5000 Marie Studd (561) 644-3383 www.willrogerspolo.org ACORN CREEK FARMS, LLC www.mm-showstables.com Hunter-Jumpers-Equitation Training-Sales-Showing-Board PENNINGTON FARMS, INC. CANADA Wellington, FL Ann Pennington, USEF “R” Judge Erica A. 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JIMENEZ JUMPERS SAN DIEGO POLO CLUB To Advertise your Service in Hunters - Jumpers - Ponies (858) 481-9217 Fax (858) 481-2247 the Equestrian Services Training - Showing - Sales Email: [email protected] Directory call Joyce Jones John Paul Jimenez-(239) 207-9408 www.sandiegopolo.com www.jimenezjumpersnaples.com (954) 796-1809 or email [email protected] FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 121 eOlympics A Look Back at the Olympic Games The 2012 Olympic Games are in the history books, and while of all of you! the equestrian sports had some great and thrilling moments, To catch up on all of the Olympic news and a daily blog from many from Great Britain and Saudi Arabia, we are still incredibly London by Kim and Allen MacMillan, go to www.sidelinesnews. proud of our American riders. We salute them here – we are proud com and click on “Olympic Sidelines” under the Blog section.

Karen O’Connor riding the Irish Sport Horse gelding Mr. Medicott was the highest placed American eventer, finishing in ninth place. Photo by Allen MacMillan/MacMillan Photography

Steffen Peters waves in appreciation of fan support as he and Ravel finish their freestyle and also their successful career together.

U.S. individual competitors in eventing were Tiana Coudray and her Ringwood Magister, shown here over fence 7, The Moon, a big drop with the river Thames and London cityscape in the background

Tina Konyot and her Danish Warmblood stallion Calecto V of the U.S. team.

Reed Kessler was the youngest Olympic Equestrian competitor ever at 18.

Ward McLain and Antares of the U.S. made it into the individual finals in show jumping, but had three rails in round A and did not return for round B.

All photos by Kim MacMillan/MacMillan Photography, unless noted.

122 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE REAL ESTATE DIRECTORY Go to www.sidelinesnews.com for active links to realtor websites as shown below. FLORIDA MARY ELLEN SENCER TERI POWERS, CRS, GRI Broker/Owner Saddle Trail Realty Keller Williams Realty Luxury & Equestrian Property Equestrian Property Specialist BODIS REALTY (561) 512-4340 - Wellington, FL Serving Orange County, NY Gregory Nelson www.saddletrailrealty.com (845) 258-8312 [email protected] Farms, Residences, Rentals www.farmsrus.net (561) 248-8685 [email protected] MATT JOHNSON, REALTOR Equestrian Specialist Illustrated Properties, Wellington NORTH CAROLINA

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Horse Show

By Alexa Cheater

Canadian writer Alexa Cheater headed to East Dorset, Vermont over the summer to cover the Vermont Summer MyFestival – andTime the show, and at Vermont, the turned Vermont out to be the Summer Festival Twoexperience of a lifetime. Weeks Alexa shares her summer in Vermont in Paradise with Sidelines. There are those moments in life that really stick with a person. Driving into the show grounds that first morning at the Vermont Summer Festival in East Dorset, Vermont, will forever be one of mine. The view was simply breathtaking. The lush green mountains overlooking Harold Beebe Farm were decorated with a light fog, the sun was shinning and the sky was a brilliant shade of blue. The hustle and bustle of the opening day of the six-week competition fell away. I felt instantly at peace. The knot that had been building in my stomach for the entire seven-hour drive the day before, a mix of anxiousness and excitement, just disappeared. Suddenly, it didn’t matter that I was hundreds of miles from home, alone, and in a strange place. Writer Alexa Cheater (showing off a Sidelines Magazine) with grand prix rider Kaitlin Campbell, who dominated competition during the Vermont Summer Festival, winning both the $10,000 Open Welcome and the $30,000 Grand Prix. I should have realized that in Vermont, you’re never really alone. The people, whether they were riders, vendors, show staff or spectators, instantly became comrades, helping my with whatever I needed, be it a quote, directions to a great restaurant (of which there are many in the nearby town of Manchester!) or even to snap a picture of me with a grand prix rider. My first night, I was treated to a Fourth of July party, my first ever, since I’m a Canadian, courtesy of show organizers John and Dotty Ammerman. It was the first of six exhibitor parties, which give riders and their families a chance to kick back and enjoy themselves. The $10,000 Overland Sheepskin Co. Open Welcome Stake, Presented by Manchester Designer Outlets, was thrilling, with victory going to Kaitlin Campbell of Brookeville, Maryland, riding her Dutch-bred gelding, Rocky W. The 20-year-old would also take first and second in the $30,000 Vermont Summer Special Grand Prix later in the week, again winning on Rocky Darragh Kenny of Ireland, riding Tonic, won the $10,000 Open W, and placing second aboard Grand Pleasure, an eight-year- Jumper High Score Awards, presented by Sir Ruly, Inc. old chestnut Belgian Warmblood gelding owned by her trainer, Rachel Kennedy, of ESP Farm. Other winners of the weekly $30,000 Grand Prix events included Ken Berkley and Waminka, Devin Ryan aboard No Worries, then again on Roman Saluut, and Paul O’Shea riding Instant Karma. Tracy Magness and Tarco Van Ter Moude took the win in the grand finale, the $50,000 Vermont Summer Celebration Grand Prix. Ireland’s Darragh Kenny was the winner of the $10,000 Open Jumper High Score Awards, presented by Sir Ruly, Inc. for the second year in a row. For those considering coming to the Vermont Summer Festival, either as an exhibitor or spectator, I would highly recommend it. Not just for the outstanding level of competition, but for the hospitality, beauty and fun of it all. For me, it was an experience of a lifetime, and something I can hardly call work at all. Photos: Photos by David Mullinix Photography 124 SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES’ CLASSIFIEDS

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FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 127 eThe Bottom Line Thank Goodness for our Friends

By Jan Westmark-Allan Esme and Bo Thanks to the high tech world that we live in, we can have lots of “friends” if we want them. Not real flesh and blood friends; but cyberspace friends from Facebook and beyond. While I enjoy my computer friends, there are days when I wish I could toss my cell phone out the window, unplug my laptop and ride off into the sunset. But then a strange thing will happen. I will post something on the Sidelines Magazine Facebook page and watch - often in astonishment - at the power of our friends in cyberspace. During our Sidelines Horse Supermodel contest, Jeanette Gladwin, of Ontario, posted a photo of her two year old Warmblood stallion Flechazo, who they fondly called Flame. He had died of Potomac Horse Fever at midnight the night before she sent in his photo and it sent shock waves through the Sidelines Facebook community. All of our “friends” rallied to offer Jeanette support, sending her well wishes and messages of shock and sorry. It was not only touching; but wonderful to be part of a community that banned together to support one of their own – a fellow horse person.

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listed with another rescue. Esme, who was very pregnant at the time, was in a kill pen in Virginia and would ship to slaughter if she wasn’t “bailed” out. Kelly recalls the story. “We posted on our Facebook page that we wanted to bail her out from the kill pen, by paying the bail fee of $665. The Facebook community grouped together and shared the information and posted asking for donations. Most were strangers! We posted and cross-posted for donations all through the night and for the next several days and we finally reached our goal. We went and picked her up the following Monday! She was finally safe! Some of the people that donated were so happy to be able to save her life. I even had a “In the short time that Fame was with us he had made his way lady donate the last $109 as her birthday wish!!” into many people’s hearts, such a gentle and wonderful creature Unfortunately Esme’s troubles didn’t end with her rescue. After that touched everyone who knew him. We may have lost Fame she gave birth to Bogart, she foundered. It was determined that but if we can help prevent anyone else from loosing their beloved Esme needed to go to a founder specialist and once again Kelly horses to Potomac Horse Fever by spreading the knowledge, turned to Facebook for support. While the rescue is still raising the than I’d like it done,” Jeanette said. funds, (they need to raise $1,500) Kelly remains positive. “Esme Jeanette’s story wasn’t the only Supermodel Horse Facebook has a long road ahead of her and we are actively fundraising to get story to resonate with our friends. When Kelly Conner, of Charming her rehabilitation care paid for until she recovers! But her foal Bo Acres Rescue in Pennsylvania, entered a mare named Esme and is growing by leaps and bounds and will be available for adoption her foal Bogart in the contest, it was apparent the mare and foal when he is six months old. I am hopeful that Esme will make a full already has friends – or should we say fans. recovery and move on to a wonderful forever home where she will Esme’s story started when Kelly found her on Facebook be loved and never see an auction again!”

The Bottom Line - While sometimes our group of cyberspace “friends” can seem distant because we don’t really know them – it turns out they are not only friends, but also lifesavers. From sharing Jeanette’s burdens to rescuing Esme, I am so proud to be part of a community that looks out for each other. Cheers to all my friends on Facebook. Keep up the good work!

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